thoughts of skills with braids

shared by Arlene Rabuy, her sister

Cyn had a special relationship with my hair. I'm not too sure whether she enjoyed every time I asked her to braid my hair for my hula performances, but I very much appreciated each time. I also remember that she had special plans for my hairstyle for Marlo's wedding. Of course, as always, my hair turned out perfectly thanks to Cyn.

thoughts of the art of home-made waffles

shared by Andrew Beall, her brother-in law

Those individuals that are familiar with my eating habits know that breakfast foods are my favorite types of foods to eat. I can eat pancakes at any time of the day, along with sausage and eggs, cereal or just about anything related to breakfast.

But if I had to choose my favorite food of the morning variety, it would be home-made waffles. Waffles that are born out of the work of someone mixing the right ingredients to form a batter, and then pouring it into a wafflemaker. They're the best. =)

And of all the waffles I've had, Cindy made the best ones (sorry Mom). Cindy knew I loved waffles and would make them for me on a fairly regular basis. I like to make breakfast, but my waffles are not as good as the ones Cindy made. She had it down to an art form.

I always felt very spoiled when she made them for me. But it made me happy, and I could tell she liked that I would eat them. Cindy and Linh loved to cook together. They enjoyed being in the kitchen at the same time and working together to create marvelous food. They really loved it when they could see that people enjoyed their food.

I have made pancakes for Cynthia and Ava for years now. But about a month ago, I thought I would give it a try with the old wafflemaker. Believe it or not, we hadn't used it since we lived in L.A. So Cindy was the last person to use it. It hadn't been cleaned since that time, so I had to give it a good scrubbing. As I was doing so, it brought back thoughts of Cyn, and her spoiling me with food I love. What a wonderful and caring person Cindy was. And how lucky I was to be spoiled by her.