05/04/2023
Saying Goodbye!!
I have been putting off this announcement for too long…  and with all the messages I’ve been getting the last few days. I guess I can say the cat is out of the bag, so yes, the rumors are true. Puddin’s is saying goodbye.
Those East Tennessee mountains are calling my name so I’m gone in a couple of months. I won’t be taking orders after 6/1/2023 and I only have alittle bit of availability left in May so if you need something message me right away. I will be doing some Mother’s Day treats. I’ll post them shortly, but after that I’m all done for now. I have big ideas and other dreams that I want to pursue. I have been saying over and over that it’s bitter sweet because I truly do love what I do now and I’m going to miss all of the people that allowed me to make their day a little sweeter!! 
A little over 14 years ago when I started making cakes never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the places that I would get to go and the people that I would get to meet and the opportunities that I would be blessed with. I have met customers who have become friends, and who have blindly followed me from a kitchen in Browns Mills to the basement in Delanco to a café in South Philly, where there was no parking then to my dream shop in the Northeast where I got to solidify my career as a baker and finally to where I am now. It has been a roller coaster to say the least and as this ride comes to an end, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and happiness and sadness all at once if that’s possible. And I don’t want to move onto my next chapter without first just saying thank you.
To my family… Who suffered through all of the long, overnight shifts and endless deliveries right next to me just to spend time with me who are willing to fly across country to hide in a bathroom and surprise me and then spend their entire vacation trading free labor for sticky buns and butter cake Your support never went unnoticed
Thank you to my boys for being so patient and allowing me to make my dreams come true even when it meant sleeping underneath the table while I worked all night, everything that I am you helped me be. Thank you to Ron and Dana without you guys there wouldn’t have been a Puddin’s … your support gifted me the ability to take care of the boys, allowed me to shine when I was succeeding and still be OK when I was failing.  I will forever be indebted. I love you guys.
 To my closest friends Tonimarie Viruet and Selena Gant you 2 embody everything it means to be a wonderful friend. From the mindful encouragement, to my biggest supporters you guys are the ones who motivate me and attempt to keep me focused while giving me the room to fall with grace and stand next to me as I rebuild I don’t know how I got lucky enough to have two of you. Friendship is hard enough and then you throw in a business owner who works 100 hours a week and is always covered in sugar and hasn’t brushed her hair in days and stays with bags under her eyes …You guys never judged me.(made fun of me yes) and still supported me when I was too tired to show up for myself!!!
Taking a step back from the hustle and bustle of my career has really allowed me to enjoy my life and my boys for the 1st time in along time and it has given me the space to see that there is still room to grow and change. I’m really excited for the next chapter!! So stay tuned cause who knows what’s next!!
