More than a Cake

September 22, 2016 by Emily Hutchinson

My amazing friend Johannah Chadwick took this picture of me to launch my blog. I was brought to tears when I saw this picture. I know to most of you its just a cake I’m holding, but to me it’s EVERYTHING!

In teaching my children life lessons, I said to my oldest child, Reese who is going on 15 years old “Honey, all your life you can work hard, you can achieve great things and be a wonderful person. You can be so so GREAT…..but what if with God….you could be EXTRAORDINARY!!!! Isn’t it a chance worth taking?!!!”

This cake represents me……who I was and who I am! This cake represents everything to me. It is EXTRAORDINARY!!!!!

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