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    Holiday Angels

    Oct 25, 2019 5 minutes
    PHOTOS BY ALEXANDRA GRABLWESKI

    Cookies From Scratch

    My kindergartener, Jennifer, bounded through the door after school. “We’re having a Christmas party next week!” she announced. “And I signed up to bring three dozen cookies.”

    “Oh, boy!” was all I could say. Just a few months ago, I’d have been thrilled to take on this project with her. We both loved to bake. But ever since my husband had left his job to pursue the ministry, the only way to make ends meet was to stick to a strict budget. Flour, sugar, eggs—I didn’t have the ingredients or the money for Christmas cookies.

    Jennifer ran off to do her homework without a care in the world. I didn’t want to disappoint her. So I did the only

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