Saltine Toffee is not English Toffee, but it could be matzo toffee or graham cracker toffee. Whatever you want to call it , this delicious candy is easily made in 15 minutes and tastes divine!

 I suppose if it had been an easy year, I might not reflect so much; but this year has been hard.

Financially things are challenging, but like so many we are weathering the storm.

In fact, the last 10 years have been tough and I am truly amazed we are still here; together, and in our home.

Things have not only been financially rough, but we’ve had other hurdles to cross, too.

And in my mind we will be jumping them for a long time.

Now my husband is an optimist and he thinks we will be OK soon. I hope he’s right. Oh, I hope he’s right.

Thirty years ago things were wonderful and the world was our oyster.

Today, two perfect pearls later, things may not be so wonderful, but our pearls are still perfect and I am oh, SO proud of them.

When I wonder what my contribution might be to our crazy world I have little doubt that we have given it something enormous, something special, something perfect and beautiful.

But we all say that about our children, don’t we? (Well, if you don’t, you should.) 

Getting married is the easy part. It’s the after that can become hard and it is the commitment we have to them and to each other that has caused us to endure so long.

Marriage to me is like the mountains. You have the peaks and you have the valleys.

The world becomes very small when you are struggling.

Struggles are not things that others want to hear about. Especially when it has been so long.

But I am here to say that WE are still here. Together. Not perfect, but together.

We’ve made it this far and we haven’t given up.

We marked the occasion with three glasses of wine—- each. At a place where we had a Groupon.

It was cheap and good thing, because other than the wine, it wasn’t very good. Good luck to them, too!

We went next door to get a hot dog but they told us they had just closed.

We ended up eating Chinese food that was  just OK, but we were together and we made an occasion that we will remember and thirty years is worth remembering-isn’t it?

Maybe next year we can be in Hawaii or Italy or Napa but this year-well-it was OK to still just be here.

And that brings me to food. Something sweet, something simple.

Marriage is so complicated that I didn’t want to stress my brain out further.

And so I made saltine toffee which I often make for Passover with matzo.

Saltine Toffee or Matzo Toffee:

They were sent to me long ago by the person who I baked Onion Lover’s Twist Challah with, and they have been in my repertoire since. A good thirty years.

My kids love Fool’s Saltine Toffee, as does my husband.

Saltine toffee or matzo toffee is perfect for gifts and you can make them several ways.

It is so good some call it crack. Matzo crack or even Christmas crack; this saltine toffee is amazing!

I use saltines, but you could also use graham crackers or matzah, which is what I do in the spring.

You can top them with milk chocolate or dark chocolate and add nuts if you want.

Saltine toffee keeps a long time in the fridge and you can freeze them also.

Some people call them Fool’s Toffee, which I guess is what marriage makes you feel like some days.

And you break it into pieces like real toffee, so it too, is a little rough around the edges.

Like life. Sometimes the smoothest path is full of stones.