Creating all kinds of cakes & cookies in honor & memory of my mom, Colleen Black.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Oh to be 10 again....
I can totally remember being 10 and in the 5th grade ... well, at least some if it, but I do remember my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Bove @ Overland Park Elementary and thinking that our class was almost the top of the class (you know back in the olden days .... elementary school was K-6 and then it was junior high ... now that's another blog post .... terrified in 7th grade!) Okay, back to 5th grade .... new school subjects & switching classes, walking to school (when it was safe), making those cool "glue" finger nails with dried glue (that of course we made inside our metal desks), the rumor of the "clown in the black van" driving around picking up kids, playing tetherball and wishing I was really good at tetherball on the playground (which I never remembering winning ... there was always one girl (Nikki) who always won and was super cool), wishing I was cool and friends with the "cool girls" .... funny, thinking back on all these things and realizing what really matters now and how not much of that was important. I want to explain all these things to Hannah & Hank so they don't worry about what kids say and do but guess some of it they have to go through and make those decisions for themselves. I'm just always in "protective mode" and want to shield them from the pain and getting their feelings hurt.
However, they are so happy go lucky and pretty resilient & thankful they are good at holding their own ... so enough about me and being 10 but more about the birthday @ hand! Happy 10th Birthday Devin! Hope you had a fabulous party and welcome to your tweens! Which btw ... totally NOT ready for my baby to turn 10!
My mom's first official cake creation for my 1st Birthday
The inspiration behind "Colleen's Cakes and Cookies"
My mom, Colleen Black went to be with Jesus on March 7, 2007, after an amazing ten-year courageous battle with ovarian cancer.
My mom left a legacy of 25 plus years service teaching others about the word of God. Through her faith, she touched of hundreds of women’s lives through Bible Study Fellowship. She also served as Director of Women’s Ministries at her church and taught weekly Bible studies there. She lived a rich and busy life--always ready for the next adventure, never a victim of boredom.
I miss my mom so much but know she is watching from heaven and seeing all her beautiful grandchildren playing, loving the Lord and all the funny antics they do & say!
I have thought for awhile on what I could do in memory of my mom and one of many things my mom always did for me (and my brothers & sisters) was always bake our birthday cakes. This is something I have loved doing for my own peeps and thought it would be fun to do this for other friends & family too. So, in memory and honor of my mom, I created "Colleen's Cakes and Cookies".
In the footsteps of my mom and her generous spirit, I will donate a portion of every sale to Bible Study Fellowship (www.bsfinternational.org) which provides the tools, the environment, the relationships, and the support needed to grow deeper in knowledge and understanding of God and the Bible, along with The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (www.ocrf.org) whose mission is to fund research to find a method of early detection and ultimately a cure for ovarian cancer.
I can totally remember being 10 and in the 5th grade ... well, at least some if it, but I do remember my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Bove @ Overland Park Elementary and thinking that our class was almost the top of the class (you know back in the olden days .... elementary school was K-6 and then it was junior high ... now that's another blog post .... terrified in 7th grade!) Okay, back to 5th grade .... new school subjects & switching classes, walking to school (when it was safe), making those cool "glue" finger nails with dried glue (that of course we made inside our metal desks), the rumor of the "clown in the black van" driving around picking up kids, playing tetherball and wishing I was really good at tetherball on the playground (which I never remembering winning ... there was always one girl (Nikki) who always won and was super cool), wishing I was cool and friends with the "cool girls" .... funny, thinking back on all these things and realizing what really matters now and how not much of that was important. I want to explain all these things to Hannah & Hank so they don't worry about what kids say and do but guess some of it they have to go through and make those decisions for themselves. I'm just always in "protective mode" and want to shield them from the pain and getting their feelings hurt. 
However, they are so happy go lucky and pretty resilient & thankful they are good at holding their own ... so enough about me and being 10 but more about the birthday @ hand! Happy 10th Birthday Devin! Hope you had a fabulous party and welcome to your tweens! Which btw ... totally NOT ready for my baby to turn 10!
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