Click on over to Mennonite Girls Can Cook for the instructions to put together this Marinated Cheese Platter. It’s easy and great for a crowd.
Hope your last day of 2016 is filled with good things and here’s a prayer for 2017…
A New Year’s Prayer
May God make your year a happy one!
Not by shielding you from all sorrows and pain,
But by strengthening you to bear it, as it comes;
Not by making your path easy,
But by making you sturdy to travel any path;
Not by taking hardships from you,
But by taking fear from your heart;
Not by granting you unbroken sunshine,
But by keeping your face bright, even in the shadows;
Not by making your life always pleasant,
But by showing you when people and their causes need you most,
and by making you anxious to be there to help.
God’s love, peace, hope and joy to you for the year ahead.
Anon.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Oh – I’ve been waiting for this recipe!!! It looks SO good. Thank you for that prayer Ellen – it’s beautiful!
That’s a beautiful prayer. The cheese platter looks delicious.
That is a wonderful prayer for the new year. Thanks.
The cheese platter looks wonderful and very festive.
I’d like to post your New Years Prayer on my blog. Is that okay?
Yes, of course!
That cheese platter looks like something we’d love! Lovely thoughts expressed in the poem. Wishing you a wonderful 2017.
I scrolled down to read your Jan-June post and the cherry ‘whatever’ syrup recipe.
Happy New Year 2017 to you and Dear!
Do email about your CA trip–I’ll be back the 3rd.