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You've got to be kidding me, I have Breast Cancer? My name is Madelene Boudreaux. I just had my 51st birthday and my present was cancer. Although it wasn't the present I was expecting, I have decided to embrace it as such. My life as it existed is changed. Even though my diagnosis is that I have the most common breast cancer you can have (80% of the women who get breast cancer have this one) and the actual tumor was only 1.2 centimeters and there was only a microscopic spec in one lymph node... things just changed overnight. I feel confident that I will be healed with all the surgery, chemo and radiation, as well as the prayers, the shift in lifestyle and health changes, all of this with God as my Healer overseeing the whole plan. Most importantly, sunsets are more beautiful, my children are more precious and I cry for everything. Such clarity prevails, where life was blurry. I know my healing will come gently through trusted medical professionals, faith in a loving God and prayerful friends. I am surrounded by love with my family of eight kids and a great husband and a community of kind spirits!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Best cookies I ever made!

Healthy for ya Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie
3/4 cup raw sugar (turbinado)
1/4 cup regular brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened to room temperature
1 egg 1 tsp vanilla
1 TBL milk
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (whole wheat pastry flour or just plain whole wheat flour)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1 1/2 cup uncooked oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Directions:- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the sugars in an electric mixer.
- Cream the sugars with the softened butter.
- Add in the egg, vanilla, and milk. Cream until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon. Add slowly to the wet mixture until incorporated.
- Once smooth, stir in the oats, chocolate chips, and walnuts.
- Using a teaspoon or a small ice cream/cookie scoop, drop rounded teaspoons about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges. Makes around 2 dozen.

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