Daniels Best Friend ~ A+ For this Paper: The Legend of Dano

Ryan has a way with words! He has captured everything from the day they met to the day he said goodbye to my nephew. But even more he has shared a bit about Providence, the impact of events and people that change the course of your life. This ‘essay’ has brought tears and smiles as it tells the story of their friendship. Thank you Ryan. I know Jackson will learn a lot about his namesake from stories l ike this. Big hugs from Aunt Doodley! Love you! https://medium.com/@ryanclements_11431/the-legend-of-dano-df84d7a2fc44

GF Keto Chocolate Covered No Bake PB Bombs

Ingredients

• PB Bombs
• 2 cups smooth peanut butter 
• 3/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/2 cup Walden’s Pancake Syrup (zero carbs, zero calories, zero everything!) Walden’s Syrups 

• Chocolate Dip
•  8 T cocoa, 5 T coconut oil, 7 T stevia
•  Blend together 
• *You can melt chocolate chips or sugar free chips instead of the cocoa, stevia and coconut oil. But the you need to be better at buying groceries then me! Lol*

Instructions

• Line a large plate or tray with parchment paper and set aside.
  
• In a mixing bowl, combine PB, Walden’s Pancake Syrup and Coconut Flour. Mix until fully combined. If the batter is too thick and crumbly, add some liquid (water or milk) slowly until a thick, formable batter remains. 
  
• Using your hands or a scoop to form into small balls then place on the lined plate or tray. 
• Freeze for 10 minutes.
  
• While the peanut butter balls are firming up, mix your chocolate dip. 
• Remove the peanut butter protein balls from the freezer and place each ball in the chocolate dip until completely covered.
• Place back on the plate or tray.
• Repeat until all the balls are covered in chocolate.
  
• Refrigerate for 20 minutes, or until the chocolate coating has firmed up. 
• Enjoy!

They need to be refrigerated and are better cold ! They freeze well:-) 

Time Stands Still

There is nothing that explains why an event that happened 10 years ago feels like yesterday. 

The moment it happens, your mind plays reels of memories and suddenly, time stands still. 

No one ages, no one changes, we notice our own changes less as we are living in yesterday. 

Sounds, smells, songs, jokes, people, places they will all take you to that last moment. 

It seems surreal.

At the last moment you are together, that is where the memories begin fade, filtering out the darkness. 

You lose site of the bad days, sadness, anger, pain or harsh words and you focus on the joy. 

All of your life you struggle to forget the negative and in death you only remember the beauty. 

The thing is, even though they haven't lived a long life, they have definitely lived!  

That life is our gift. 

That life will be with you always. No matter how old you get they remain in your presence.  

You will reach for a phone to call them almost every day, or be reminded of a good story.  

You will miss them at the table, but you will be reminded of the smile, laughs or tears shared there.  

You will cheer on their teams, exchange tales with their friends and you will live on.  

And you will be ok.

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