If my Nana was still alive, she would have turned 100 years old today.
I would loved to have been able to make her a sponge cake, lathered with sweetened whipped cream and piled high with strawberries, her favourite birthday cake. I would have loved for her to sit with my children and I and eat it for afternoon tea. We would have used her good teapot as she always did on her birthdays.
Tonight I am cooking a roast chicken, just the way Nana used to make it. It will be just us, but wouldn't it have been nice to have had all of our family for dinner: my cousins, my aunts and my uncles, around the table once again. Wouldn't it have been nice to be able to share this meal, as we did on so many Sunday's of my childhood.
But no matter where we are or what we are eating, Nana lives on in all of our hearts.
Someone else was also born on this day. A special girl will be turning 13 today.
Happy birthday Jessica. xo
