Desert Pizza and The Free Ice Cream

This blog is dedicated to Tim. Today is his birthday and it is a time of celebration and hope.

Desert Pizza

Sugar Cookie Dough (your favorite recipe or pre-packaged mix works fine)
2 cups confectionery sugar
2 packages cream cheese
sliced or diced fruit (kiwi, strawberries, blueberries and pineapple look good)

Spread cookie dough on greased cookie pan about 1/4 inch thick. Cook in 350 degree oven until slightly crisp (about 10-15 minutes). Remove from oven and let cool. Beat with mixer the sugar and cream cheese until creamy. Spread on cooled cookie crust and cover with fruit. Slice and serve.** bananas not recommended unless serving immediately as they turn brown quickly**

Free Ice Cream

Sometimes I wonder how God pairs up moms and babies. Every single time I became aware that I was going to have a child added to my life I have asked how God could He possibly trust me with the life of one of his precious little ones. I felt then and today tremendously honored that God chose me to serve Him as a mother. I want to share with you a story that happened on Tim's fourth birthday.

We were visiting with his grandmother and her home is about two city blocks from a busy railroad track. The usually quiet street was packed with cars to see the train that had jumped the tracks and landed in a field. Nobody was hurt... it was a freight train but cars lay on their side in the deep ravine and the men were working to salvage any cargo they could and to keep away curious people. Suddenly one of the men started walking toward the crowd and pointed to several teenage boys to come with him to a train car. He then started handing them cartons of ice cream to take into the crowd. They formed a chain and gave ice cream to any family who wanted it. My mother-in-law started laughing and when we got our carton we walked to her house to have Tim's birthday cake with the ice cream. The carton was too big to fit in her freezer so she called neighbors to bring something to put ice cream in for their families. A few days later, Tim tried to tell the teacher and children in his Head Start class what happened. Of course by the time he told the story, Tim was driving the train. He has always had an imagination that kept us on our toes!

Happy birthday, Tim. May your life be blessed as you continue to love and bless others.

Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible with God.

Love,
Nana