Donna’s Ginger Christmas Cookies
an old recipe
handed down
flour, butter, ginger, molasses
shaped into:
stars, bears, trees, a camel
hung on the tree to spin in the sparkle
or - eaten round
dough pressed by
the bottom of a glass
crisp medallions with sugar crystal tops
more precious still
stories of
my great-grandmother
a life recipe:
compassion, self-control, courage
honor to God, humble service to others
shaping lives
of those to come
five generations of
spice and sparkle, sweet and strong
