Passion

Have you ever had something you were passionate about? I mean you thought about it all the time and at times you would do something with it. Well, mine is food. Go figure, since I go to WW and all. Of course it would be food. I think my passion is more than just food. It is all about pleasing people. I want to make people happy at the sight of the food, while eating it, and after as well. I want them to want more of my food.

Before I got married I cooked, but not too much. It wasn't due to lack of knowledge, rather lack of wanting to have leftovers for the whole week for just me. So, every now and again I would tinker in the kitchen. When I got married I realized that Jarrett likes to be in the kitchen as much as I do. We cook together or cook something for each other. It is just fun.

One of my favorite parts of the cooking is baking. When I was little my mom used to bake for us all the time. We were the kids that got to take snacks to church that everyone loved and were wanting more. That always made me happy. I knew my mom was a good cook, but the truth was when others agreed too.

For awhile I was the only kid living in the house. My sister was married and my brother was living the single life. Mom and I used to bake. Not too often, but enough where I liked it. I think my favorite part was the mise en place. That is french for putting everything in place. I loved getting all the ingredients ready and set aside for our baking adventure. We baked the most at Christmas time. In fact we now have what we call Bake and Take every year.

One Valentine's Day Jarrett enrolled me in a cake making class. It was a class to learn how to decorate cakes. He even took the first class with me. I LOVED it. It was so much fun and therapeutic in a way. I could just let my mind at ease and work on my cake. I loved it so much that I took all four classes that summer and then the next summer I took my nieces. But, nobody was requesting cakes and I didn't have my name out there so I stopped doing it. I made my last cake back in 2007.

SO, why a passion that will kill anyone's diet? To please people and make people happy, which makes me happy. What is your passion? Have you thought about it?