Tag: Jacquie’s Corner

Another Milestone Birthday

Jacqueline M. Ruffino-Platt My birthdays are always special and have been spectacular. Thanks to my wonderful and special husband John. Many friends and family participated, celebrated, and always shared my birthdays. I didn’t feel different on Sept. 25 than previous days. Now, this year and month has arrived bringing in my 84th year. I am…

Our Beautiful Tradition

Jacqueline M. Ruffino-Platt Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law Helen. On Aug. 30 she would have been 107 years young. Someone I am pleased to have met and became a member of her family. She made me feel welcome and loved the very first time John brought me home to meet his family. We shared many…

Jacquie’s Corner: Springtime and a New Life

Jacqueline Ruffino-Platt The flower buds are beginning to show their little heads in all colors, opening their eyes, unfolding their little petals, and sending out the exotic aroma of delicate perfumes. The bushes and trees of the gardenia, rose, lilac, magnolia, jasmine, and orange blossoms showed off their glorious, colorful floral arrangement. While I was…

Jacquie’s Corner: What I Learned from My Mom

Jacqueline M. Ruffino-Platt Wow … delicious … juices running and aromas of the finest culinary delights you can imagine. As most of you know, I love to cook and bake, inherited some of my talents from my mom. A woman who cooked and baked without one shred of a recipe. Years ago I asked Mom if…