I keep getting requests from you all for recipes. I'll be happy to dish some out; however, please know that "Once A Month Cooking" is the cook book I use and it is great for more reasons than just the recipes! It has shopping lists and everything and the part that makes cooking for the month a budget-friendly thing to do is the fact that when she asks you to use onions or peppers or whatever, you aren't wasting because while you may only use half an onion for one recipe, you'll use the other half fifteen minutes later for another. I am willing to share our favorite recipes, but please go buy the book if you are going on the adventure of cooking for the month!!!
The grief of a stepmom. This post has had so many titles: The Invisible Grief of a Stepmom, The Silent Grief of a Stepmom, The Lonely Grief of a Stepmom. . . the grief of a stepmom is like no other grief because it feels so homeless. My stepson died a few weeks ago. Marc and I have only been married eight months and Mackay, my stepson, lived in NYC and we rarely got to see him (he didn't get to come to the wedding or Cabo and didn't stay with us when he came to town), so I didn't have much of a relationship with him. So there is a weird layer of loosing someone I hardly knew and I feel like that is the layer that makes the most sense to everyone. While the family was mourning, I was the one organizing all of the meals coming in from our wonderful friends and neighbors, I was cleaning up one meal and setting up for the next. I was keeping the house in order and making sure Marc was able to surround himself with the friends and family he needed to make it through the
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