Chapter 88

• The chocolate cookies made by my mother were the one item I consistently wished for when I was carrying my child. Once again, the reassuring and soothing aroma of melting chocolate filled our kitchen, and the aroma of love saturated the air throughout the space. Since I became pregnant for the first time, my mother has finally given me her recipe. This has made it possible for me to make them whenever I feel the need, which turned out to be more often than I had imagined. My dress was being pulled at by a pair of slender hands who were intent on obtaining their share of the feast.
• The roseline The appearance of our eldest kid, Janina Black, was very similar to that of my own. She had my face, but Jason's thick, inky hair and his dazzling green eyes where mine had been. She also had my body. She was permanently attached to his hip, but because he wasn't there, she reasoned that it was a good opportunity to pay me a visit and snack on some of my cookies.
• "Mama, are there any cookies I can have?" She was missing her two front teeth, which caused a lisp to develop in her speech. She was born two weeks earlier than expected, had a high level of intelligence, and had already begun to lose her teeth by the time she was four years old.