It's interesting how baking can really be soothing. While listening to
some fine music and slicing apples, I thought of how nice it felt and
the beauty of slicing fruit for a dessert - the calmness, warmth,
memories and joy it brings. Apple Crisp is an all time family favorite
and comfort food. It's the dessert of love. Sharing love. Sharing warm
comfort and pretty much saying "I love you" to family and those close.
It fills your home with the smell of warm apples and cinnamon. It brings
warm memories and love. Warm apples are simply combined with cinnamon
and sugar with a toasted, crunchy topping.. beautiful. Baked together to
create pure comfort and bliss. If one must Enjoy the Simple Things --
there is nothing better than this.
It's funny the thoughts going
through my head while slicing apples. Five minutes of complete joy and
comfort, thinking of the simplicity this little moment brings and how
everything else completely disappears. Everything is just warm. Like
when you eat it. But while slicing apples and enjoying the moment, while
coming to the last bit of apples, I suddenly thought of the fact that
this was only the second time cutting apples in the past 3 years. Then
my eyes filled with tears. But 3 years ago, the apples I sliced for the
pie I was making was just the beginning of one long night. I believed
the apple pie I made played a part in karma. NO REALLY. Baked Apples
with love will save the day. Always. Well, with this thought of what
Apple Pie reminds me of - good times, and bad times.. it's kind of like
life, full of good and bad.. but it's all good. After 30 seconds of
watery eyes that didn't shed a tear, I suddenly smiled, This apple crisp
is going to a coworker who watched my dog for me a couple of days, and
is having a bad weekend because she has to put her own dog to sleep.
It's the joy and comfort that warm cinnamon apples brings that overrides
all. In the end.. LOVE WINS. While such desserts can bring joy and
comfort, we also have memories of people attached to them. My grandma
loves to cook apples and I have fond memories of her cooking (maybe a
bit too old and mushy apples) and making apple crisp with my mother
while young and it always being a comfort food after family dinners. So
we must share Apple Pie for love.
The past few weeks I've really
been appreciating what I have. It's amazing how we learn from moves we
make and keep on growing. I've been thinking lately that I am truely
blessed with life and gifts that I have, and blessed to be in a great
town with some good people. I realize that Sioux Falls is incredibly
good for me at this time and I am grateful for people in this town and
happy to be here. I realize that moving from Brookings was really good
for me and I have everything I need in this moment. We all carry a lot
with us day to day and within our lives, but I am incredibly blessed and
grateful for the good life I have and the bad things that come to help
me grow the way I need to and appreciate what's most important. I am
happy for love, grateful for my wonderful comforting pup. It's important
to keep the bad away and focus on the good. I've been doing that a lot
lately. It's important to keep the people whom are good for us in our
lives and let them know how we feel. Thank you to kind folks and
friends. I wish I could share warm Apple Crisp with you all. Much love.
