Some Homefront News

J landed a job at one of the local grocery chains – baking bread, buns and bagels. “You know all that bread you see on the grocery shelves…” she says, “I’m the one who’s baking it!” She trained last week, and this week she “flies solo.” So that means she’s on the job by 4AM to fire up the ovens. She’s also in training for frosting cakes. She completed one carrot cake, carrot and all. I think this may mean more cakes in her future. J is fulfilling one of her life-long ambitions, as long as she’s had lifelong ambitions. Along with this report came assurance from her, “Yes, Mom, I’m still going to grad school…”