Just Like Mother

Anna put on an apron—just like mother—and helped to set out the ingredients: flour, sugar, shortening, salt and milk. Anna knew where to find them all. Mother began to measure them out into a large bowl. “Anna, did you wash your hands?” She nodded. “Then let’s mix it all together.” With a sturdy wooden spoon, Anna began to stir all the things in the bowl. She watched the ingredients disappear into one another and become one big lump of dough. It was hard to imagine that such a heavy mixture...