Cinnamon Roll for the Soul

Well here we are. Another new year has crept up on me. Happy new year to all of you! For my first breakfast of 2019 I wanted to make it big, yummy and comforting. Usually a sadness follows me after Christmas ends. New Year's Day is like the last official part of the holiday season. It has to go out with a bang. So I made cinnamon rolls; or sticks, really. I have done this before, learned it from my mom. But this time whatever I did really made them taste like my old favorite mall treat from from the oh- so -famous cinnamon roll heaven food chain! I have no access to those locations anymore, as they have mostly shut down for reasons beyond me, so this homemade version was awesome. A great accompaniment for eggs and sausage. Something about a warm, soft, cinnamon covered dough dipped in frosting....it just satisfies the soul. And you know what? It is not hard to make, or expensive. Just a little messiness and about 25 minutes and there you go.

Sometimes it is the things in life (and the kitchen) that are not the hardest or most grand that are the most rewarding. Naturally, at the end of a year I end up reflecting on what has been accomplished over the last 12 months. Days ago I was relaying this fact to my young daughter. Confessing that I usually do not feel that I have done enough, had enough fun, and especially done enough for my kids. Then together we began to list off all of the "cool" things we had done last year. Actually the list was pretty full! But still, I doubted that it was enough. I told her, I am sorry that we didn't have any grand adventures. She answered, mom we did a lot and it felt pretty grand to me! Wow. An 8 year old quieted my disillusioned inner thoughts of an insufficient year, just like that. Who is putting this unspoken pressure on me, on us women, us moms; to do more, be more, go more places??? No one! Probably just ourselves. It can be hard to relish in the joy of life if we are thinking on what we do not have or can not do. Instead of all we have and can do!

In this fresh new year, relax! You are doing an awesome job. Women have the ability to take a busted can of biscuits and make magic. Or cinnamon sticks! Sincerely , I hope that this year will find my friends and family in peace and happiness. These are both a state of choice. Life is too crazy to often create those moments for us. We must choose to make them and claim them. My daughter's words are going to stick in my head and remind me of this all year long. Whatever the year brings, make some cinnamon rolls or whatever else satisfies your soul!