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Other centers in Novi and Canton

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As the years passed, the
chocolate chip cookie caper be-
came the family joke. It was of-
ten alluded to during 40 years
of family gatherings. During
those four decades, both some-
body and his brother main-
tained their innocence.
The time came when some-
body's mother was diagnosed
with a terminal illness. She had
baked a lot of chocolate chip
cookies during her 75 years,
and during that time it had
seemed as though her cookie-
making days would never end.
But that had been an illusion.
Somebody's mother began to
move slowly and only with the
aid of a walker or a cane. Soon
she was confined to bed. When
she could no longer speak, she
wrote.
At a time when no one else
was around, somebody snuck
into his mother's room and lay
next to her in bed..He held her
hand and stroked it softly. He
talked to her in whispers about
their life together. He told her
he loved her, and she nodded.
"Can you keep a secret?" he
asked. Another nod. "You
won't tell anybody?" She shook
her head sideways.
After glancing around to be
sure no one was listening,
somebody shared a secret with
his mother, whispering in her
ear everything he knew about
chocolate chip cookies. Some-
body's mother smiled, and they
shared a final hug. ❑
Copyright 1996 by Chick
Moorman and Personal
Power Press. Reprinted with
permission from Where the
Heart Is: Stories of Home &
Family, Paperback, $14.95,
Personal Power Press. Available
in bookstores or directly from
the publisher; (800)797-4133.

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