Jane,

How wonderful to have been able to enjoy your fathers adventures abroad. You will have those memories for the rest of your life. It must be very comforting to know how much happiness you brought to both of your parents in their last few years.

You are so right, family is the most precious gift God gives us.

Thank you for inspiring me to spend more time with my grandmother. I think I'll go see her today after work. She is a spitfire. 90 years old, almost blind, all but deaf, but it hasn't slowed her down. She does more than I do at 39. She is very involved in her church and until recently walked or rode the bus alone everywhere she went [she never drove]. She was widowed very young [mid 30's] and raised 3 children alone on a hairdressers wage.

Thank you for the recipie, it looks great!!! OMG a treat!!! I will definitly be trying it.

Later,
Renee'