About two weeks ago my younger sister and I volunteered to bake Christmas cookies and deliver them to elderly in our community. This was a service project through the confirmation classes at our church. The class joined one Sunday afternoon and baked homemade cookies which were then blessed and we set out to deliver them. The elderly lady that we delivered our batch to was a widow who lived a very quiet life. She had one son who was now married and she told us some stories about her childhood. She only went to school until the sixth grade, which was the norm at the time. It was very interesting learning about how much the quality of life has changed over the years. This was a great opportunity to share the holiday spirit with people so close in the community who are often forgotten.