Pick Me Up

In the Treviso dialect, in the Veneto region of Italy, the phrase tireme su means pick me up. Fifty years ago, a restaurateur named Ado Camoeol, along with his wife Alba developed a dish containing mascarpone cheese, eggs, sugar,  coffee soaked biscuits and cocoa powder. He called it tiramisu, claiming it gave diners energy [and maybe had aphrodisiac powers too] Ado's original recipe contained no alcohol, he wanted it to be a family dish. It became popular the world over. Ado died last week aged 93.

I mention this because I received in the post this lovely booklet at the weekend. It came from Jenny and Peter in Ferndown, but is produced by Uckfield Baptist Church in Sussex [where both the Pastor's wife Deborah, and another member, Jill are good friends] 

And it's called Pick Me Up. It came about because one member was ill, and people in the church sent encouraging Bible Verses. I believe his wife collated these into the booklet and added her own illustrations. Here are a few pages. 

I passed it on to Auntie Peggy, who has found it very  comforting. 

Thank you all for your love and kind words. We are getting there, but it's hard. A date for the Thanksgiving has been fixed, and the Pastor is coming to visit before I return to Norfolk tomorrow afternoon. There have been some difficult minutes, and also some laughter - sorting through photos, remembering happy times. 

Julian and I left the sorting, and admin to go to a local tea shop where we shared a humongous piece of fudge cake [diet? What diet?] And I will have a Very Special Treat later today, a bright spot in a dark week. More on that later...