An AWFUL winter cough... and Dad.

When I was a LITTLE girl I would wake up in the dead of winter to a HORRIBLE, gut-hacking, body rattling COUGH. Even the best prescribed cough syrups wouldn't cure. Often times I would just deal with it and feed myself another drop and try to go back to sleep. However on SPECIAL nights when my sweet dad was home from his frequent business trips he'd hear me COUGHING away in my room. He must've felt really bad for me because it didn't matter HOW LATE it was, I'd hear him get up and go to the kitchen. Soon after he'd come to my room and wake me with a warm cup of his homemade concoction to soothe my dry, aching throat.

Dad would sit and talk to me while I sipped this warm honey sweetened drink. We'd talk about school, my friends, my thoughts and ideas. I LOVED this time alone with him. He'd assure me that my coughing would subside and tuck me back into bed. I don't know if it was the concoction or the TIME and LOVE he spent tending to me but whatever it was, IT WORKED! The coughing stopped.

How I cherish those nights.



So when I heard my Missy Lu coughing last night I called up Dad (in the middle of the night, of course) to ask him for the recipe to that drink he'd make. Of course he didn't have one. Just a little bit of this and that. But He stayed up with me on the phone while I taste tested it until it was JUST RIGHT. I took it to my Jocey who was happy to have something warm to soothe her sore throat. Once she finished and was back in bed and asleep I thought, How WONDERFUL it is to have a Dad, who will stay up with me in the middle of the night to make SURE all my daughters soreness and OWEeeees go away!

THANKS DAD!!! LOVE YOU TO FRISKO AND BACK (A MILLION X's)!!!!

Make a bit of LOVE in a cup for your little (or BIG) one suffering with a NASTY cough:



Cut half a lemon and squeeze into a cup.



Peel and grate a little fresh ginger. (optional)



Sprinkle a little cayenne pepper (to taste) and a pinch of freshly grated ginger.



Add a tsp. of honey (or more- to taste)



Fill with boiling water. Stir and ENJOY!!!