After a few rough years, I have to say 2016 was a good year for me, and I owe my happiness to my cousin and best friend, Ajay. This past year didn’t exactly start on a positive note, but it wasn’t completely negative either, I was just going through the motions. It’s not until my cousin had a talk with me, got through to me, and made me remove all negativity from my life, including people, especially people. And so I did whatever he asked of me because I barely trusted myself to make good decisions. Now was the time to do ME. I started to focus on all the positive things that surrounded me… my family and friends, my health, my life, just simple things that I so often took for granted. I started to cook again, and bake too. I started to blog again. I started to do things for myself, things that I once enjoyed, and doing those things didn’t seem as mechanical to me anymore. I started to feel at peace with myself and life. And when you start feeling like yourself again, something amazing happens when you least expect it, another door opens. 🙂 On that note, I wish you all a very Happy New Year with this Cranberry Almond Coffee Cake. I hope you have a safe night spending time with friends/family. Here’s to 2017 bringing us health, love, happiness and peace on earth! I’m hopeful.
