Three months later, change came in the mail, unexpectedly. I was back home and dealing with lack of energy, extreme tiredness and major headaches (all of which are side effects of traumatic brain injuries). One of the only things I could do when not at doctors or therapies was lay down, rest and watch TV. When that’s all you can do, you realize just how boring TV can really be. ANyways, I had just watched the movie Julia&Julie [learn more at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ ] where this woman needing some change in her life, begun cooking all these recipes and blogging about the experience. Then my much needed change came to me in a small package filled with 25 cupcake recipes. I already had loved baking but here was an opportunity to explore making cupcakes from scratch. And so it begun. Just like that. One small kind act a family friend performed, impacted and changed my life and I had no idea its impact. I blogged, baked and experimented with recipes. [Check out my blog through my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Engineering-Cupcakes/205126702831301%5D. Baking became my life therapy as I was not in school and I was spending the majority of time at doctors and therapies. Baking was healing me. It made me feel like I had a purpose, like I could still do something, like I could make a difference. I saw the saw the joy cupcakes brought when I gave them to neighbors, family, friends and even my doctors and therapists. The taste of this change was quite sweet.
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Since then, I have successfully baked over 120 cupcakes for a wedding reception, 100 for a college graduation party and many more for various occassions. Receiving change is hard to do as a small package does not always show up on your front door or in your mailbox when you need it. Just know that keeping an open mind is a quick and easy way to receive change and be able to recognize it. Here’s to openness, cupcakes and small packages.