tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192525622903426896.post6199544267610750056..comments2024-02-21T02:13:00.940-08:00Comments on Geetha's Kitchen: Mrs. Burke's Super Cornbread Muffins (Basic Corn Bread)Geethahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07459729822553997077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192525622903426896.post-88826964136887786092008-05-30T23:22:00.000-07:002008-05-30T23:22:00.000-07:00Hi Shobhi: Beautiful poem; we do cherish all the ...Hi Shobhi: Beautiful poem; we do cherish all the memories of our beloved Amma! I would love to make these "yummy mummy muffins" when we get together. Until then.........Geethahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459729822553997077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192525622903426896.post-25839166105596106722008-05-12T02:29:00.000-07:002008-05-12T02:29:00.000-07:00geeta, Mrs Burke's recipe does sound like a "Yummy...geeta, <BR/><BR/>Mrs Burke's recipe does sound like a "Yummy Mummy Muffin". maybe when you visit you can help me make it!...We can title this as the 'Mother's Day Dessert'... <BR/><BR/>I too spent the day thinking of our Mom and penned the below appended in her memory...<BR/><BR/>Mother- she is my Universe<BR/><BR/>I read somewhere that we could name a star after our mother<BR/>And I sat and thought for days ..???<BR/><BR/>I can’t name a single star after mother<BR/>Nor a constellation, for that matter…<BR/>Yes! she is more like the universe<BR/>Encompassing everything within her reach<BR/>We can deposit all hurts and worries <BR/>And she had the remedies in her magical purse<BR/>Only mothers have hearts as deep as an abyss<BR/>At the bottom of which we can always find forgiveness <BR/>We may be one in ten or the only one<BR/>She imparts equal love to each, daughter or son<BR/>Even when we think it impossible<BR/>She fuels us with her love to make it possible<BR/>She puts in her full might to make us touch the sky<BR/>If touch the sky but we do certainly take off the ground<BR/>She is our teacher of compassion, love & fearlessness<BR/>To nurture us and help us grow is her only happiness<BR/><BR/>And so truly Washington Irving has said that…<BR/><BR/>“Mother is the truest friend we have<BR/>Even when trials, heavy & sudden fall on us<BR/>Or adversity takes the place of prosperity<BR/>When friend who share our sunshine <BR/>Desert us as troubles thicken around us <BR/>Only Mother will be around to hold us <BR/>And endeavor her kind percepts & counsels<BR/>To dissipate the clouds of darkness<BR/>And cause peace to return to our hearts”<BR/><BR/>Even after she reaches her eternal abode<BR/>She prefers to be beside us as our guardian angel<BR/><BR/>So I can’t name a star after mom <BR/>‘coz she is more, she is my Universe!Shobhaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036240717918129153noreply@blogger.com