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Christmas Special Chapter 4 - Riko
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Growing up as a military brat, I didn’t have too many holiday traditions. Unlike my husbands, who every year growing up knew they would go cut down a tree, and they’d go to the trellis lights event. We moved enough that it was hard to maintain traditions. But there was one that even after mom died, we kept alive. Cookies.
I don’t have a lot of memories of my mom, but I do remember that every Christmas eve, no matter where in the world we were, she’d have me in the kitchen with her to bake cookies for Santa.
Cranberry white chocolate and walnut jam thumbprint cookies were my mom’s go-to. I think because we could get the ingredients no matter where we lived.
And since having our kids, I get to share that tradition. So right now, our kitchen is abuzz with activity. Elijah and I are working with Hikari, Saki, and Akio to make cookies. Darius is holding Ryū while Forrest is taking pictures.
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BryantThank you for joining in on this Christmas special. I'm not sure if there will be more special bonuses in the future. But know that this will not be the last you see Riko, her boys, or her kids. Expect The Unexpected, the story of Cassidy and Collin is coming soon. Out of My Leauge, the story of Reese and Don will follow. Then books for each kid are already in my mind.
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