A memorable picnic needs homemade potato salad. Perfectly cooked potatoes. Hard-boiled eggs cut in chunks. And creamy dressing with zip. Multiple textures meld, delivering one delicious bite after another. Mmmm, mmm, .... mmm. Just thinking about it makes my taste buds tingle. My mother, Helen Yorkgitis, considered potato salad her signature picnic food. She cooked … Continue reading Potato Salad: More Than Picnic Food
Tag: After caregiving
Love Doesn’t Need a Measuring Spoon
For Mother's Day, my daughter Elizabeth made a decadent chocolate pudding pie with a cookie crust. The recipe called for a teaspoon of vanilla. When the time came, did Elizabeth reach for the bottle of vanilla and a teaspoon? Nope. She just poured in what she thought was the right amount. "Oh my," I said … Continue reading Love Doesn’t Need a Measuring Spoon
In Honor of My Father’s Birthday
Dad liked the sweet and tangy taste of lemon desserts. For his 88th birthday, I made him this meringue pie. I didn't think the pie could handle a candle, so I brought one of my jar candles for him to blow out. When I decided this month to visit the nursing home where he once … Continue reading In Honor of My Father’s Birthday
Lunch Today, Lunch Yesterday
By Lisa Yorkgitis Nahach LisaYorkgitisNahach@gmail.com When two women with ash-blonde hair -- most likely a mother and daughter -- entered the dining area of Panera Bread Co., I noticed them immediately. Four years fell away, and I was once again my mother's caregiver. I tried not to stare as the younger woman pushed the other's … Continue reading Lunch Today, Lunch Yesterday
Seven Years a Caregiver 