03/12/2022
This past winter holiday season I had Covid, my parents cancelled coming to visit family, and all of our holiday traditions and plans had to be cancelled. During that time I was also struggling with going back to work in-person in a very oppressive office work space. I also had scheduled my next surgery (it’s less than two weeks away) which will be the closure to my breast cancer journey. I had already decided that going into the new year that I wanted to manifest a healthier lifestyle both physically and mentally and made the decision to seek out new employment while I was recovering from my next surgery.
Well, the universe was listening and started moving and grooving things for me. My job position was eliminated due to downsizing. So, I decided to take the time leading up to surgery to just relax, do self care, and to start baking again. One of my inspirations was this hand written recipe card that my parents gifted me at Christmas. It was my grandmother’s and they found it when they moved. This little recipe card means the world to me. I had such a special relationship with my grandmother and those of you who knew her or have heard my stories about her know that she was a quite a woman. She was a survivor, fierce, strong-willed, stubborn at times, very reactionary, and could make the most foul mouthed sailor blush. But she was my grandmother and despite all of that hard exterior I knew she loved me, and most importantly I felt that love. The recipe is for “Sugar Nuts”. Sweet and ballsy, just like my grandmother. If this adventure expands the way I’m hoping, I can’t wait to have this framed and hung in my very own cafe or commercial kitchen. I don’t expect that to happen anytime soon, but it’s what I’m going to strive for. Here’s to big dreams and having the “sugar nuts” to go after them!!!! ❤️
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