Courage in the Kitchen & Beyond

Here is my first recipe for The Fingerless Kitchen. I hope you like it. I am so excited to start sharing some of the things that I make for my family and friends. I chose this one because it is just awesome for a BBQ or a picnic. Holds up well for on the go and is big enough to make into ice cream sandwiches. So yummy! Especially if you love cinnamon like me. For me a good sugar cookie is sweet and buttery with a crisp outer edge and a chewy middle. It’s just what you need s

In 1979 I was born to a 14-year-old girl in Syracuse, New York. After my birth, she left Syracuse and returned to Maryland, her home state. In the Seventies, young girls were still sent away if they became pregnant out of wedlock and this case was no different. When she left, I was all alone with no mother to sooth my newborn cries, to hear a familiar voice and hold me close in this strange new world. She left, I believe, out of no choice of her own and without giving me a n