Half Birthday - Full Chocolate

Friday was Sophia's half birthday. We don't normally celebrate those kinds of things, but pretty sure everyone could use an excuse to make cake right now.

We made my grandma's chocolate cake recipe. It was delicious. Since it was a half birthday, we layered the two round pans into four half layers. It was momentarily beautiful. As soon as we cut into it, the cake fell apart. But that did not affect its texture or taste or ability to lift us up. Really good cake is what I'm saying.

No half birthday letter, but let's just say that we are looking for the next reason to celebrate!

A poem I wrote

Hi there! This is Sophia. I haven't posted in so long!! Sorry about that. I am writing this now because I wrote a poem yesterday about my feelings towards everything that is happening in our world right now. I am not going to say anything else about my interpretation, because I don't want it to influence its effect on you as you read it. My poem doesn't have a title yet, but here it is.

My emotions
Fragile as a house of cards
One mistake
One deep breath
There it goes

My emotions
Hard as steel
Unchanging
Callous

My fragile
Callous emotions
Pulling slowly
On loose threads
Unravel my world
Unwelcome change
Unwanted destruction

My emotions
Ever-changing
Ever remaining the same

A Tree Finding Light