This children's picture book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a great book that tells a story about Christmas cookies, while also enlightening students with the definitions of many words associated with the holiday season. The one word that stuck out to me in this story was tradition. Rosenthal said an example of tradition was,"Each year at the same time we make the same cookies and wear our special matching aprons". This word stuck out to me becasue I realized I have never been apart of the Christmas tradition of making Christmas cookies with my mom becasue we do not celelbrate christmas; however, I was lucky enough to form a tradition of making Christmas cookies with a friend of mine named Nancy. Nancy is the mom of a women I used to be a caregiver for. The women's name I was the caregiver for is Janet, and she has severe and profound Cerebral Paulsy. I was there to be an extra hand for Nancy. Janet required a lot of sleep so during Christmas time when Janet was napping, Nancy would invite me to make Christmas cookies with her. We formed a tradition out of this, and every year when Janet would wake up from her nap, we would all enjoy the Christmas cookeis I prepared with Janet's mom. This is a moment in my life that will always stick out to me because it brought me closer to Janet and her mom Nancy, while I was doing something that I loved, baking.
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