The recipe cards for the family Christmas cookies had been passed down through the generations on yellowing index cards. They were one of his most treasured possessions.
He loved baking not just because it gave him a connection to his lost family and his own treasured memories, but because it was a skill he pass down to his own children, who eagerly volunteered to help.
When his eight-year-old daughter ruined the cards by spilling juice on them, he was devastated.
But he found a greater connection and joy remaking them from wit and memory than he’d ever had following directions.

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