bittersweet

"I got the blues thinking about the future, so I left off and made some marmalade.

D. H. Lawrence

 What pleasure we can receive from memories of the little things about the people we've loved who no longer are with us. My father enjoyed orange marmalade. As a child I did not prefer this sweet, sticky fruit spread with a bite of bitterness. 

Last Friday I must have had a modicum of the blues with current affairs. Amazing how just the slicing of the fresh oranges and the stirring of the slow simmering fruit involved in the making of this orange marmalade cheered me up. But I honestly did not know if I would be as equally amazed when it came time to eating it. Delicious! It was like eating a winter treat on my English muffin one morning while the bittersweet loving thoughts of my Daddy poured into my soul.