“Bake a cake?” you say.

Yes, a simple coffee cake.

While reading my friend’s newsletter (link below) of yummy cake recipes from her mother, these thoughts came to mind:

• Take time to taste the sweetness of life.

• Slow down, pause all the preparing & packing for my move to Oregon.

• Don’t be so busy you miss the joy ~

of doing something you love to do, like baking,

of creating something simple.

• Just for today, & maybe every Sunday ~

• Pause the packing & prep of my future move to Oregon.

• Take time to enjoy what I love, here & now.

• Take a break. Today is Sunday, “the day of rest,” right?

• I will bake a coffee cake, simple & sweet.

• I think it will love me back with its sweet cinnamon aroma & taste of times past now present.

• Baking feels like an affirmation, a celebration of life in the midst of chaos.

• Spring is returning.

• Why not bake a cake to welcome back spring’s sweetness after the bitter cold of winter. (Maybe that’s why Ruth’s mother baked after surviving the holocaust. Maybe she was affirming the simple goodness, love & sweetness of life through her baking.)

• Maybe I could also bake a coffee cake to thank my movers this April.

• But for today, I’ll enjoy sweet moments as I pause from packing to bake

a sweet coffee cake.

❤️

Here’s the link to my friend’s newsletter, Ruth Talks Food:

https://open.substack.com/pub/ruthtalksfood/p/midnight-cake-therapy?r=2qhxm6&utm_medium=ios

May you enjoy it as much as I have. You’ll discover not only her love of cooking good food, but also how it’s intertwined with love, family, resilience & good memories….

May I remember to pause from the many tasks at hand and make a few good memories of time & taste savored. ❤️