Celebrating Gramma’s Birthday
July 3, 2009
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned numerous times before, Mary was named after my grandmother- Mary Elizabeth Caster Fairchild. She was such a wonderful, Godly lady. I was just thrilled when Mary was born- I had a blue-eyed little girl to name after Gramma Mary.
She passed away in November, 2000. Every year since then, I make Buckeyes on her birthday as a way of remembering her. I make Buckeyes because I have this really clear memory of spending the night at her house one COLD winter night in Upstate New York. It was early evening, pitch dark out and I remember the warm glow of the kitchen and the two of us rolling the little peanut butter balls and dipping them in the chocolate. Such a fun night. 
Here are pictures of my three kids helping me to make Buckeyes on Friday, July 3rd. She would have been 89 years old.
Mary (5 years old) and Nathan (4 years old). The large tupperware bowl we used to mix the ingredients was Gramma Mary’s bread bowl. I use it all the time and it makes me smile.
