Kitchen Philosophy 101

If you've been around here long enough, you know that I am a kitchen philosopher. I reflect over cups of flour and sugar, dashes of salt, drizzled honey.

I just made a killer cake for Erica's birthday and I while I measured and mixed I thought about a great many things: how this is the third birthday I've celebrated with Erica, the second time I've baked her cake. How we're almost done with college. How time flies.

When I read a book, I rarely feel sadness at then end of a chapter rather, excitement and anticipation for what the coming pages contain. A chapter in my life is about to end: college.

I saw a quote the other day that hit me like a ton of bricks:

the universe took its time on you

crafted you precisely

so you could offer the world 

something distinct from everyone else

so when you doubt 

how you were created 

you doubt an energy greater than us both

-rupi kaur 

I'm not sure what I believe about Faith or Higher Power, or any of those other rightfully capitalized words, but I see this quote and resounds like a bell in my chest. It's a great time of year, a great time in life. I'm not yet sure what I have to offer the world that is so distinct from everyone else-- now is the time to discover that.

My roommates and I are brainstorming ways for this chapter to end with a bang: a big party, a beach trip. Something that says: this chapter was great, the next will be even better. 'Cause it was. And it will be.

with big hugs and chocolate cake, 

Madelyn

P.S. This.