Cooling a Freshly Baked Apple Pie In An Open Window Will Bring True Love (Revisited)

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....or so they say.

As we all know, I've been on a quest for my dream life; I've been working hard to achieve it, along with finding the man who was made for me, the man who loves me unconditionally, and the one who will build a life with me. I was reading the Practical Magic series by Alice Hoffman a while back, (one of my favorites) when I read that baking an apple pie and setting it to cool in the window would attract "true love." The character used it to bring her estranged daughter home.

Well, I don't bake, so my first thought was to take a cinnamon apple candle, put some witchy magic in it, and let it burn in the window, hoping my dream man would show up in my life. Unsurprisingly, no tall, handsome, tattooed, blue-eyed man came knocking on my door, but I stared into the flame, building my belief in myself and what I'm able to do.

I am slowly opening myself up spiritually, including witchy-stuff like spell work. I want to be able to heal myself, as well as others, while living abundantly with all the gifts the universe provides. I plan to make the world (or a small part of it) a better place with my gifts, continuously learning, loving, and growing. Just like my Grampy always said, there's always room for more knowledge.

Last week, on one of my days off, as I was getting stuff done around the house, I decided to bake a frozen apple pie to see if it called to my "true love." (Yes, frozen because BDL rarely ever bakes from scratch.) As I was baking, a new friend/mentor came to discuss a side writing job that he brought to me, something that is not as unreachable as I started to believe before I met him. I started to lose my faith and confidence that my writing would ever get to where I dream to be.

As we visited, the oven timer beeped, and as I pulled out the apple pie, I sheepishly told him about wanting to cool it in the window, telling him why. Instead of making me feel stupid and laughing at me, he was all for it and even helped me stage the perfect picture (shown above) & put the pie in my dining room window to cool. He gave me the idea to write about my apple pie.

As we were visiting, my Daughter came home.

True love isn't just the man/woman of your dreams. True love can be Daughter coming home safe from a road trip. True love can be you loving and believing in yourself to your very core. True love can be found in friendships, old and new, that help you believe in yourself. True love can be found in the family members who keep you in their thoughts and prayers.

I am guilty of always searching for the next best thing or the next "true love," and I forget to look at what's right in front of me. I forget to appreciate & show gratitude for the life that I do have. I need to remind myself to look back and see that at one point in time, my life now was just a fantasy.

One of the new friends who came into my life unexpectedly reminded me that I have what some other people want or dream of. Even if there are so many things I'm working towards, I can't be ungrateful for what I have now. This includes the people in my life, the ones who are meant to be there and the ones who want the best for me.

The person I struggle the hardest to love is myself, but I am working on adoring every part of me. I am a person that people like to have around. I am a person that people can depend on. I need to learn to enjoy who I am and to depend on myself.

Just because you have an idea in your head what your true love looks like, doesn't mean that you're not surrounded by it already. You need to open your eyes & see it. See the people who always make sure you're ok. See the person who lovingly gives you advice. See the Daughter who fights the world with you. See the friends who cheer you on, no matter what. See the family member or friend who always has your back. Always.

So bake that apple pie to bring true love, set it to cool in the window, and open your eyes to those who truly love you. Show your appreciation by sharing that pie or hand writing a letter to a loved one, do what you do in your own way to show your love. Winter can be mentally hard for those who feel alone in the darkness, show them light in your own special way. (This was originally written during the winter time, but warm apple pie is good all year round, especially with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top!)

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