I originally wasn’t going to post today. There was a large group of bloggers who were going to show support to Sandy Hook Elementary and the town of Newtown Connecticut and not post today. Well they were going to post that they weren’t going to post…which is a post in itself if you think about it. I thought long and hard about whether to post or not. I’m quite sure you all could have gone a day without this Shortbread Roll-Out Sugar Cookie recipe but that isn’t the point. While there are simply no words to express about the tragedy that occurred on 12/14 (perhaps that’s why it’s best to just not blog) I feel for me personally that I must appreciate that fact that I am still here. My family is still here. And it thankfully did not happen in my community. And therefore to go on with my daily life including running a blog. That doesn’t mean I don’t think about it. As a former elementary school teacher I could not help but think of the faces of my students all this … [Read more...]