Lauri Patton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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“Making Memories” by Lauri Patton

Submitted to Contest #71

Toys littered the living room floor, the Christmas tree stood undecorated in the corner and none of the presents were wrapped. And yet here I was pulling out butter and flour and eggs trying to make Grandma’s famous candy-cane cookies. Soft and sweet. Red and white dough twined together and shaped into candy canes. Dusted with crushed starlight mints and pearl sugar.                I flipped through Grandma’s recipe cards, yellowed with age and speckled with food...

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