A Perfect Cupcake Recipe

Many of you have been waiting for my discovery of the perfect cupcake recipe. Well, I’m not sure if I’ll ever find it. With all my cupcake/life analogies, I really thought I had found the perfect ingredients for a great life though…

 

Ingredient 1 – follow your dreams
Ingredient 2 – never, ever give up; and
Ingredient 3 – do the things you want to do, even if they say you can’t!

But what about when you are stopped in your tracks, right out of the blue? What happens when something irreparably bruises your heart? How do you get back on life’s path? How do you refocus on the hope you once held on to so desperately? So many questions that I may never be able to have adequately answered.

One thing I have realised over the last few weeks however, is the immense joy and inexplicable comfort that can be found in a memory. When I think of loved ones now living in heavenly realms, the only thing that comes near to beginning the process of soothing the pain of my broken heart, is the beauty of a memory, a moment, a picture in my mind’s eye of wonderful days gone by. Maybe these memories are the fuel, left by our loved ones, to help us move forward, one day at a time.

The Brazilian Novelist Paul Coelho beautifully said:

“Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.”

And so, I continue to write…

When I have breathed my last breath on this earth, I pray the memories my loved ones have of me will bring them great joy and comfort. I hope these memories become their fuel for helping them to live their very best life, one day at a time.

Jennifer xo