Mom’s ‘Famous’ Tacos

Welcome to the Fourteenth! post of the Saving Second Base project!

Today’s contributor is my dear friend, Crystal
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Mom was always where I needed her to be and always taking care of someone.
She showed us how to live a Godly life not only by being involved in church, but through her everyday actions; her arms and heart were always open for everyone — friends, family and strangers alike. We were blessed that she was a Stay at Home Mom and was able to be at all of our activities and involved in our lives. She taught us by example, through watching her we learned responsibility, love, discipline, determination and more; all the skills we would need so that we would someday be the kind of Mom to our children, that she was to us. To this day, I still want to be just like her.
Mom was loving, gentle, kind, influential, hard working, and inspiring. She is why I am the woman I’ve become.

Little did we know that a day would come where the tables would be turned and we would be taking care of her.

Our lives changed on April 21, 2009. At the age of 54 my mom received that phone call that will never be forgotten; “Your results came back and you have cancer.”

We had no idea how extremely and completely those words would affect our lives.   From that day forward everything seemed to be happening as if we were living in a movie — with lots of pauses, stops, rewinds and fast forwards.

It never crossed my mind that I would be bathing my Mom or cooking for my Mom because she was battling breast cancer.

With God, friends and family by our side,  our long journey came to an end when she finished her last chemo treatment in November 2009 and had her last reconstructive surgery in December 2009.

The blessing behind the disease… the love and togetherness that it has given our family.

I can truly say that this experience was amazing only because my mom fought the fight and won.   She never gave up, she stayed strong, kept fighting, stayed positive and never lost her Faith.

We always knew that October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, however, now it has taken on a new meaning for us.

I truly look at cancer with new eyes and have a new passion for the fight against Breast Cancer.

~ Crystal

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Mom’s Famous Tacos

• 2 lbs hamburger meat, seasoned to liking
• 2 Cups of cut up Velveeta cheese
• 1 can of tomato sauce (add half a can of water)

1. Brown your hamburger meat and drain it
2. stir in all other ingredients cover and let simmer about 20-30 minutes
3. stirring occasionally (should thicken up as it cooks}
4. serve on tortillas or corn tortillas with all the trimmings

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