MACARONS FOR VICKEY
This month our Mactweets challenge was to make a pink macaron in support of breast cancer awareness... October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I made a simple pink macaron (basic shell) and filled the feminine little shells with Nutella. I want to dedicate these macs and this post to my friend Lynette and her dear, sweet mother, Vickey. Lynette lost her mother to breast cancer about a year and a half ago after a long and difficult battle. Vickey had survived a fight with breast cancer before in her life but this last time was too much on her body. She was such a sweet lady, Mother and Grandmother... her family misses her very much. I remember looking at Lynette and her siblings during the funeral and thinking how young they all were. All of them, in their 30's were now without a mother. Lynette had one daughter, at the time and was pregnant with her 2nd child. It was heartbreaking to think the baby would never know Grandma, Lynette would not have her mom for the pregnancy and to see how much her oldest daughter loved and missed her Grandma. This disease truly is so unfair. I have never had a personal experience with breast cancer and I pray I never do but to all of you fighting and to all of you out there, dealing with the loss of a loved one... you are in my prayers.
This month our Mactweets challenge was to make a pink macaron in support of breast cancer awareness... October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I made a simple pink macaron (basic shell) and filled the feminine little shells with Nutella. I want to dedicate these macs and this post to my friend Lynette and her dear, sweet mother, Vickey. Lynette lost her mother to breast cancer about a year and a half ago after a long and difficult battle. Vickey had survived a fight with breast cancer before in her life but this last time was too much on her body. She was such a sweet lady, Mother and Grandmother... her family misses her very much. I remember looking at Lynette and her siblings during the funeral and thinking how young they all were. All of them, in their 30's were now without a mother. Lynette had one daughter, at the time and was pregnant with her 2nd child. It was heartbreaking to think the baby would never know Grandma, Lynette would not have her mom for the pregnancy and to see how much her oldest daughter loved and missed her Grandma. This disease truly is so unfair. I have never had a personal experience with breast cancer and I pray I never do but to all of you fighting and to all of you out there, dealing with the loss of a loved one... you are in my prayers.
What a beautiful, meaningful and touching post. I know women who have breast cancer and it is a terrible thing. Thanks for baking these beautiful Pinkarons with us for this important cause! xo
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet tribute to your friend and her mom. Nutella is one of my favorite fillings. Definitely pretty in pink.
ReplyDeleteA lovely tribute and beautiful, adorable macs!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet post. Unfortunately breast cancer touches so many. Your macs are so pretty, and you can't go wrong with Nutella!
ReplyDeleteWhat a touching tribute to your dear friend. This is an evocative post, and brings to the fore how devastating the disease can be. Thank you for these gorgeous pinkarons for Mactweets. I love the Nutella within.
ReplyDeleteCancer weaves it's fingers into all of our lives and it's always so sad to see someone young go when it seems to soon.
ReplyDeleteYour pink macs look wonderful and I can almost taste the comination :)