Many times in my life as a wife and mom, I have had a tendency to forget that I was cooking. I would easily become totally wrapped up in some project with the kids or writing a new book and forget that I was cooking. I own the website www.SmokeDetectorCooking.com—seriously! For all of these years, I thought that I was simply domestically challenged. However, while learning about the nations of the U.K. with our children, I made a HUGE discovery!
When
we began learning about Scotland, land of our ancestors, the children wanted to
learn more about our family’s clan. In the process of doing this, we
investigated the clan castle and some of our wilder ancestors. The kids LOVED
this part and still tell the tales of these great, wild forefathers. All of this
was wonderful, and they loved the history, beauty, science, people, and stories
of Scotland. But there was ONE more bonus lesson in the mix for me, the
homeschooling mom who can’t cook.
Just
imagine my surprise when I learned that our clan’s ancestral castle suffered a
major fire back in the 13th century after it was newly built. As we
were reading this and imagining the horror of the fire, the kids could NOT
figure out why I started laughing and couldn’t quit. I finally shared my
research “find.” The fire started in the main kitchen area! J
Blessings,
Amanda
B.
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