October full of Celebrations and Memories

October is a very full month in my house for birthdays and anniversaries  and lots of baking happens because of it.  Both my daughters were married in the month of October one in 2006 one in 2008. One of my grandsons was 4 today. Tomorrow is my mother-in-law's birthday, she will be 80.  My maternal grandmother's birthday would also be tomorrow if she was still with us.  She died in 2003 aged 96. Hope I have inherited her genes.

My very best friend's birthday was also in October and her all too early death in 2008 and I miss her dearly.

A lovely post on  http://clover-seven.blogspot.com/ reminded me so much of our special friendship.

This typifies the relationship I have with my sister who is my closest friend and confidant.

Thank you Clover I loved this.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011

WEEKENDING: FRIENDSHIP

But oh! the blessing it is to

 have a friend to whom one

 can speak fearlessly on any

 subject; with whom one's

 deepest as well as one's

most foolish thoughts come

 out simply and safely.  Oh,

 the comfort - the inexpressible

comfort of feeling safe with a

 person - having neither to

 weigh thoughts nor measure

 words, but pouring them all

right out, just as they are,

chaff and grain together;

certain that a faithful hand

 will take and sift them,

 keep what is worth keeping,

 and then with the breath

 of kindness blow the rest away. 

 ~Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859