Rainbow of Love

  It has been a little while since my first post. Hopefully blogging will sweeten with time for me. I have been busy doing lots of projects for the blog that will in time get posted.

Today, I wanted to talk about living the sweet life rather than eating something sweet. I usually pride myself on having no political opinion on anything. I don't vote. I like to save these things for those who know more about the topics or are more outspoken of their opinions. Silly, I know, as everyone's opinion counts. With that thought in mind actually that everyone counts, I have an opinion.

My parents raised me to believe that everyone is created 100% equal. The rights of each person should therefor be no different. Growing up in our family, it was our responsibility to look out for others and help them however we could. We didn't have much money with a family of 7. We couldn't just write a check to a charity of choice and go on with our day. If we saw a homeless person we couldn't just toss a couple bucks out the window as we headed to lunch. We had to get creative. We had to do to others as we would like them to do for us. We had to speak to people with patience and grace as we would like to be spoken to. We had to accept people with whatever their situation was. Oprah once said that every single person you'll ever meet shares one common desire. They want to know:  "Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say mean anything to you?" She explains that when you validate that yes you do, it tells them they count.

In light of the Supreme Court hearings this week on the gay marriages, I would like to think it is silly for a man to belittle another's feelings and rights on something as wonderfully sweet as love. My children are being taught that it is perfectly natural for a man to love another man, just as it is natural for a man to love a woman. Love is sometimes all we have to give. I think it is important for any love to be validated.

Perhaps today you will feel inspired to make a rainbow sweet treat and share it with the one you love.  Even better yet, make an extra and give it to someone who could use a rainbow of validation.

With all that you do, may you have sweet intentions.

Sweet Intentions

   Let's be real, I am terrible at computers. Seriously, worse than your Grandma. However, my intense love for sweets has me using my iPad all the time. You know, for the important things, like Pinterest. I love finding new ways to explore my intense love affair with all things sweet. If there were a 12 step program for me I would say "My name is Jessica, and I am a sweetoholic."  I love candy the most. Tragically after having my first of three curly girly daughters, I became freakishly allergic to chocolate.  Oy! Why did this happen to me? After my second curly girly was born, I became freakishly allergic to coconut. And yes, after the third curly girly arrived I had a new freakish allergy. This time it was to Red 40, the food dye in things like licorice. So unfair I tell you!!

I so love to bake things with chocolate because I know I won't eat it. I have this love/hate relationship with recipes. Recipes hate me because I love to improvise and probably shouldn't. I constantly have recipe disasters that turn into a gift for my brother who will eat anything, like Mikey. I haven't poisoned him yet so we're all good.

I enjoy the gift giving process of baking and sweets related crafty things just as much as actually tasting them myself.  I love the colors and excitement I see in the packaging.  There is no known holiday known to me that I wouldn't give a sweet gift. I look for reasons to give sweet gifts. 

I am glad you are here to join me in my sweet cravings. Be they baking, gifting, candy making, candy crafting, or just trying to raise a couple curly girlies to be sweetie's.  

With all of your days, may they be filled WITH SWEET INTENTIONS...

Jessica Royal-Wolfe