Lost and Found: How I Claimed My Soul’s Purpose

Like a leaf floating on a breeze, life can seem hollow and out of control without a purpose to connect you with your true life force. GalleriaMelissa.com

I understand everybody has days when they feel lost in their own skin, when they wonder who they are and what they’re doing here. I know I have. Truth be told, I’ve had a lot of those days despite being, for the most part anyway, happy with my life. I seemed to have it all … at least from the outside. But I couldn’t shake this nagging feeling there was more. More to do. More to see. More to be! I tried lots of new vocations and hobbies, even went back to school for a degree. But each time it felt like I was coming up short of some sort of destiny. Nothing felt right. I was looking for a fit akin to a sexy go-to pair of jeans but was drowning in the proverbial frumpy moo moo. Continue reading 

How I Became the Buttercream Queen: A Love Story

How I Became the Buttercream Queen

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When my daughter and I dreamed up the Cupcake of the Month project, we brainstormed a score of different flavor combinations. The one thing that remained constant, though, was buttercream. Strawberry buttercream. Chocolate malt buttercream. Marshmallow buttercream. White chocolate buttercream. The … Continue reading