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<\/p>\nI was reminded today of the goodness of people with a simple bag of butterscotch chips.<\/p>\n
I love to bake at Christmas and there are two recipes I use the most and I use every single year. They come from my mom’s recipe book.\u00a0 She made them for us as kids, and now I continue the tradition making them every year for my own family.\u00a0 \u00a0It doesn’t feel like Christmas until I have put on her torn and tattered, much loved, much used apron, and make the Christmas Moments and Christmas Clusters.<\/p>\n
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The only problem was, when I went to make them – the stores were all out of butterscotch chips. Seriously.\u00a0 \u00a0There must be a lot more recipes I’m not aware of that require butterscotch chips because you can’t find them ANYWHERE.\u00a0 \u00a0I was feeling pretty discouraged and didn’t really want to NOT make them but I was willing to go a Christmas without them.<\/p>\n
So when someone showed up at the back door with a package of the butterscotch chips I needed to make my mom’s cookies I was pretty excited.\u00a0 Pretty thankful.\u00a0 Pretty encouraged.<\/p>\n
That’s the spirit of Christmas.<\/p>\n
At a time when the world feels pretty dark, and online can be so negative – butterscotch chips made me realize that there is good people in the world and there is good in people.\u00a0 And that makes me smile.<\/p>\n
Thank you Noelle for the butterscotch chips and for going out of your way to get them in my hands.\u00a0 \u00a0My mom would love that too.<\/p>\n
It’s been 31 years of Christmas without her and it doesn’t get easier.\u00a0 I think of her a lot at Christmas.\u00a0 My brother and sister too.<\/p>\n
My mom\u00a0made Christmas special.\u00a0 I remember so many things from those days when I was younger.\u00a0\u00a0The holidays were always about family.\u00a0 It’s what I remember the most.\u00a0 And it’s what I want for my kids.<\/p>\n
I want my kids to remember the Christmas Clusters “that mom always made” and maybe share them with their families down the road.\u00a0 And I can only hope that someday my kids will say that about me.\u00a0 “Mom made Christmas special.”<\/p>\n
Keep the spirit of the season going even beyond the holidays.\u00a0 Be that person for someone else. Be the one to help out with the butterscotch chips.\u00a0 Whatever that might be.<\/p>\n
It was a nice reminder today of the good in the world.\u00a0 The kindness of strangers.<\/p>\n
The smallest gesture can be the biggest gift.<\/p>\n
Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n
x<\/p>\n
Carrie<\/p>\n