That cabinet and the beadboard ceiling were inspired from Granny Huddleston's house on 42nd Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. There's a nursing home there now. I've driven past it twice since 1972. It just isn't the same.
When I was a little girl, we went to her house every Saturday morning. She knew were coming and would have a fresh batch of Tea Cakes in a cookie jar. It was always sitting in the corner cabinet.
Granny and Grandaddy had ten children. She tolerated no nonsense in her house! So, my little sister and I knew there were Tea Cakes in that cookie jar, but we knew better than to touch it until she said it was ok. Then we only got one. I don't remember if she ever "invited" us to have a second. That would have been an unexpected treat!!!
Granny died in January 1972. With so many girls and women in our family, you would think that one of us would have taken the time to ask for that recipe??? I'm sorry to say that we didn't. I guess we thought she would live forever. And make those awesome cookies every Saturday for us.
So... Please learn from my mistakes. Ask questions. Don't stop til you get the answers. Or better than that. Write down, in your own writing, the recipe for those special cookies, or meatloaf, or whatever treat your family loves. They will always remember those special occasions with you. And maybe, just maybe, when they are designing their own house, they will put a special memory in it that will alway remind them of you.
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