Falling Barn not Fair

I hope this day has been as good to you as it has been to me.


I baked my cake last night for today's Fair. Well I did not like how it turned out. I tried a new frosting recipe and had to beat it a long time. This created a less than smooth finish on the cake. It was also about 85° in my kitchen and when a person is trying to layer three cakes it is tough without putting in a toothpick or two to stabilize the layers. Since my plan was to enter this in the Fair I did not want to take the risk of skewering a judge in the palate with a toothpick. Not to mention they frown on that kind of thing and the cake probably would not have placed anyway. So I continued without the toothpicks and when finished the cake looked like the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. The average person probably would not have noticed but I did and that made two things wrong. It was wrapped and put in the refrigerator over night. I had decided not to take it to the Fair.

My husband and son were going into our old barn today to take a staircase out before demolition. The son called last night and said he could not make it because he was sick. This morning about 9:00 a.m. my husband announced that he was going to pick up a photo he had framed since he was not working in the barn. Upon returning he came in the house and said, "The barn fell down". I had not heard a thing because I was still in the back of the house in the bedroom with a window air conditioner running. When I went to look I could not believe it. It fell down alright. Our dog Gracie who lives in the barn was not hurt because she was outside in her run. I have not found our Mame gray cat yet though. This could make me very sad.

Now comes the "IF" part of my story. If my son had not been sick, he and his dad would have been in said barn when it fell. If I had entered my cake in the Fair, I would have been gone when it fell. I spend the whole day at the fair so it would have been about 9:00 p.m. when I got home. If they had been hurt and they surely would have been, they would have laid there all day.

This is where I say thanks be to God for his blessings today. I still have a husband and son. His sons have a dad and papa. I will be on my knees again tonight thanking Him again.

One memorable day at a time. And the cake tastes great!