I still love reading Mimi’s recipe cards.  There is such a part of her in each and every one. And I especially love that she spells cookie, cooky.  A smile comes to my face each time I see it.  I was the spelling bee champion for the city of Philadelphia and PD will attest to the fact that I am normally pretty unforgiving when it comes to spelling.  My husband, bless him, has always relied on the kindness of spellcheck.  But something about the misspelling of cooky just makes me grin.  It is an authentic and endearing quirk and I may have to adopt it as a way of spelling the word just as I have the word baby – which i ALWAYS spell babee.

So to all my Babee’s out there….  Have a cooky and a Merry Christmas.