tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238455262711858186.post1789045996298619008..comments2024-03-28T06:22:43.522-05:00Comments on Oatmeal and Whimsy: a nest for the soul: Baby with the BathwaterGaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065012721158735975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238455262711858186.post-70782096353798721862018-07-08T20:44:07.951-05:002018-07-08T20:44:07.951-05:00I hope yours surfaces, too, Miss Merry. It always ...I hope yours surfaces, too, Miss Merry. It always could... things get back to the ones who love them... Could another family member have it? <br />Gaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065012721158735975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238455262711858186.post-12428872291689284842018-07-08T20:18:21.140-05:002018-07-08T20:18:21.140-05:00Gayle - I am so thrilled for you that you resorted...Gayle - I am so thrilled for you that you resorted and discovered these treasures! So wonderful and such a great surprise. <br /><br />I have a sadder story. I found a similar cookbook when I was sorting boxes at my dad's condo. There was a very plain hardcover black cookbook and when I looked inside there were recipes handwritten on the blank pages by his mother who was called Mamie. She died the same year that I was born. <br /><br />I could have sworn I repacked this box of cookbooks (you know, about 50 or so of varying goofiness and sixties charm) I moved all these boxes to a newly drywalled spot in my house which still hasn't become my utility room. I have been sorting these boxes over and over into smaller boxes and still have not come across the cookbook. What happened to that box? Why didn't I pull that one out at the time and bring it home and put it somewhere safe? I have absolutely nothing after that grandmother and it would have not only meant so much to me, but to my older cousins that do have memories of her and worse, memories of some of her special dishes. <br /><br />I keep thinking maybe someday it will float to the surface again, but the pile has gotten much smaller and I have been through it all a few times now. <br /><br />So happy that you found yours!<br />Miss Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691152819794851137noreply@blogger.com