Life: An Acquired Taste

What are you really learning? I finished up summer classes today and started to think about what I had learned this summer. I loved learning in my classes, but God was teaching me something other than baking most of the time. Here is just a little food for thought: Finals. Summer finals. These words will make anyone who has had to take a summer class cringe. They are finals for classes that were about 1/3 shorter than a normal semester. Where else will you find a class that the final lab practical is worth 35% and the written final is worth 20% of your final grade? Think that through. 55% of your grade in two days. You better hope one of those isn’t an under par day. Unfortunately for me, one of those days was bad. However, God does have a purpose for everything. Do we always see it? No. Rarely do we see why immediately, sometimes we see it later on in life, often we never see it. This time, though, God decided to use this as a sort of slap to the face. I do not want to just pass,...

Life. One thing about it that I never am ready for is how fast it moves. It seems like just last week I was moving to Greenville to start culinary school. However, last month I graduated from it. On a side note, I'm taking classes to complete my Baking and Pastry certificate. Also, my younger seester, Anna, graduated from high school in May. It's crazy to think that my baby sister is graduated and getting ready for college, but I am super excited because she is going to be moving to Greenville to attend Greenville Tech for cosmetology! We are looking into renting an apartment in the area. Finally, my oldest sister, Becky, graduated from Southwest Community College in Tennessee. This summer I'm taking two summer classes. Each class is 14 lab hours a week. The first is Plated Desserts. Each week, we are on teams of two, and make a main component for the plate (cake, mousse, ice cream, etc), a sauce, and a garnish. Before coming to class, we are supposed to dra...