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Blog Chronicals of Being in a Step-Parent Limbo 

What Thanksgiving means when in SPL

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With the holidays fast approaching, and Thanksgiving being now only two days away, I felt it important to note the emotions I have been going through lately.

Elisabeth has been great these past few months, I can really see a change in her, as she begins to grow up and mature in her thoughts. We have been bonding quite a but over the past few months, and to be honest I have been feeling so very over-joyed spending time with her. I have watched her food choices change, her clothing choices change, and her attitude change, and it has really been a wonderful experience.

Elisabeth will be spending Thanksgiving with her Mom, and although I plan to see her Saturday evening  and take her to “Simsbury Celebrates”, a local holiday fair the town of Simsbury runs every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I cannot help but feel a sense of sadness for the limited amount of time we get to share. Elisabeth she brings so much life to our holidays when she is around.

On a last note, although being in this limbo has both been a blessing and a curse, I have to say I would not change a single moment of it; the good, the bad, and the truly ugly. I am so very thankful this year for all that I have. My parents and my sister, for my friends– old and new– but most importantly I am thankful for the opportunity to be in Elisabeth’s life and to be able to love her and support her through out the past year. In the end isn’t that what being a Step Parent is all about?

May all of you who are in this Limbo truly be able to reflect and give thanks to all the children in your life.

 

Michelle Day

Michelle Day has been cooking and baking since she was old enough to hold a whisk. Michelle is an expert cook and her passion for cooking and entertaining has never wavered. At the age of 10 Michelle’s Family started a bakery in Simsbury CT, where Michelle got her first taste of running a food service business. In 1994 Michelle moved to New York City, where, she found her true passion in baking. In 2001 she started “The Catering Divas” Catering business. Serving the Upper East Side, she catered numerous small dinner and cocktail parties. Her passion and attention to detail won her the attention of some of New York’s Elite. Back at home in Connecticut, Michelle is a well known culinary instructor and her cake decorating skills jump-started a side business — Devine Cake Designs — where clients clamor for her inspired and beautifully artistic designs. After 15 years in the culinary industry, Michelle’s love of cooking, baking and children, has lead to her to her newest career, offering personalized family cooking classes and creating a TV show, digital broadcasts and Cook Books like no other. Kids and a Cook is all about healthy, fun, and easy meals for kids and their families. Michelle credits her parents with her success and her love of food, helping to create so many memories being in the kitchen with them as a child. Her goal is to have a show to help viewers create the same memories with their families. A show for the kids, and by the kids, with the “cook” there as guidance. Michelle’s featured co-host is an energetic, precocious 9-year-old named Elisabeth. Although a finicky eater, Elisabeth still loves to cook in the kitchen and learn about ingredients and how to mix them to make tasty dishes. Come join us — as you and Elisabeth learn easy recipes and explore culinary adventures. Michelle Day is available for lectures and cooking demonstrations. Please contact us through this website.