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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 674976" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Hello Cedar,</p><p></p><p>You are just so lovely to think of me. I got a PM that you had written onto this post, and since I wrote on it last year, it PMed me automatically!! Haha! So I just read through the whole post from the beginning -- what a hoot! You almost make me want to make baklawa myself! But I will exert some self-control and NOT do it.</p><p></p><p>Actually, we have finished with Chanukah already (it was early this year, although sometimes it coincides with Christmas). For the last few years I started to make the special gingerbread biscuits that my mother used to make for Chanukah. I think actually that it is Christmas biscuits in Germany (my parents were from Germany). It's called pfefferkuchen. It's actually soft biscuits (diamond shaped) with ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, with sugar icing on top and sprinkles. For me it is part of Chanukah and I am so happy that my sister knew how to make it and taught me. It has become an integral part of Chanukah for my children and grandchildren now. It is so nice to create a family tradition -- that is what you have done with the baklawa.</p><p></p><p>My family are all fine, thank heavens. My difficult child is in Australia. He is now 29, and seems to be straightening out. He is completely independent. He was here six weeks ago -- his older brother, my 45-year-old son (and former difficult child) got married, to his partner of several years, and they already have two babies aged 1 and 2. So Oriel came for a visit and we all felt that this time the tension level was very very low, and that there is a real improvement. He is working, and also studying one day a week, to be a locksmith. I know his dream is to be his own boss, so let's hope he can create a locksmith empire!!!!</p><p></p><p>Horrible things are happening here -- but then, they are going on now all over the world. So I wish you also to be safe, and to be well, and to have a very Happy Christmas with your husband and with whoever of your family you want to have near you.</p><p></p><p>I "see" you all the time here. I come in to look every single day, I just don't write because I don't feel I have much to contribute these days. But I see how much you write and how supportive you are of so many people, and I admire you for it.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how to update my signature here. Can you believe I am now 70!!! How ancient is that! And my difficult child is 29. How time flies!</p><p></p><p>OK, sending you love,</p><p></p><p>Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 674976, member: 77"] Hello Cedar, You are just so lovely to think of me. I got a PM that you had written onto this post, and since I wrote on it last year, it PMed me automatically!! Haha! So I just read through the whole post from the beginning -- what a hoot! You almost make me want to make baklawa myself! But I will exert some self-control and NOT do it. Actually, we have finished with Chanukah already (it was early this year, although sometimes it coincides with Christmas). For the last few years I started to make the special gingerbread biscuits that my mother used to make for Chanukah. I think actually that it is Christmas biscuits in Germany (my parents were from Germany). It's called pfefferkuchen. It's actually soft biscuits (diamond shaped) with ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, with sugar icing on top and sprinkles. For me it is part of Chanukah and I am so happy that my sister knew how to make it and taught me. It has become an integral part of Chanukah for my children and grandchildren now. It is so nice to create a family tradition -- that is what you have done with the baklawa. My family are all fine, thank heavens. My difficult child is in Australia. He is now 29, and seems to be straightening out. He is completely independent. He was here six weeks ago -- his older brother, my 45-year-old son (and former difficult child) got married, to his partner of several years, and they already have two babies aged 1 and 2. So Oriel came for a visit and we all felt that this time the tension level was very very low, and that there is a real improvement. He is working, and also studying one day a week, to be a locksmith. I know his dream is to be his own boss, so let's hope he can create a locksmith empire!!!! Horrible things are happening here -- but then, they are going on now all over the world. So I wish you also to be safe, and to be well, and to have a very Happy Christmas with your husband and with whoever of your family you want to have near you. I "see" you all the time here. I come in to look every single day, I just don't write because I don't feel I have much to contribute these days. But I see how much you write and how supportive you are of so many people, and I admire you for it. I don't know how to update my signature here. Can you believe I am now 70!!! How ancient is that! And my difficult child is 29. How time flies! OK, sending you love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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