Valentine Cookie Therapy
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by maryanne in Musings, The Latest
Today was a hard day. With Valentine’s Day only a couple days away, I am feeling even more deeply the absence of my older two children. With one daughter studying abroad in Spain and another away at a school in Atlanta, I have only my almost seventeen year old son at home. I know Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a sweetheart day, and if my husband were away, I most assuredly would be complaining about his being gone as well. For now, it is my girls. We girls just love Valentine’s Day. Let’s face it. It is our day. I have received more Valentine’s gifts from my friends, sisters, and mom in my lifetime than I ever have from a sweetheart. We just seem to know that our hearts need it. We love surprises, and being thought of in general, and Valentine’s Day seems to bring that home. But, my girls are in faraway places, so I decided to try some Valentine cookie therapy on my own. I posted that idea on facebook, and almost immediately got a couple great recipes to try from friends. So I did. I think it was helpful, playing the John Mayer genre on Pandora, and dancing in my kitchen.
Making a big mess in the kitchen, even when you are alone, is still very therapeutic, especially when it involves lots of powdered sugar and pink icing. I decided to post a few pics from my therapy session. I still miss my girls, and I realize that eventually I am going to have to come to terms with this new phase of my life. Yes, in time, I guess I will. Hopefully, it won’t be one cookie at a time. That might bring on a whole new set of problems.:)
I am including a few other heart images I have captured this week as I am learning to play more and more. 
Happy Valentines Day everyone.
Sheryl
12. Feb, 2010
Oh speak to my heart! Finally food photos and my fave, baking photos! So gorgeous. Sorry I realise I am being completely selfish and you are missing your girls : ( Please please can I have the recipe and guest blog you on Syrup?
Katie
12. Feb, 2010
So I’ve been trying to figure out what are some of the foods I’ll be looking forward to eating when I come home (because no matter how much I try to like it, Spanish food disappoints me more often than not,) and I think that we definitely HAVE to make sugar cookies when I come home.
I like to see you playing.
When I come home, you’ll have a whole new list of things you like to do. 
Lindsay Jackson
13. Feb, 2010
I love these photos. And of course I love cookies! You are in my prayers. I love you Aunt Mary!