I am Cara. My best
friend and co-author is Mel. We have been best
friends since around 10th grade.
Not often do we make it a point of remembering exact dates that
wonderful things start because it isn’t always obvious. Our friendship is one of my favorite
things. We have known each other since
grade school. We are now in our…er…middish-30s. That’s a long time to be in someone’s life
and not be related. I sure feel lucky
she’s in my life and hope she never goes away.
We both have taken different paths in life but we are both
wives and mothers. I do not know what
caused us to ponder where we were at in life a few years ago but we have been
doing some deep soul searching as to what “happiness” means to each of us. I love being a wife and mother. I have a great husband and two amazing
daughters, ages 6 and 3. As far as
career, that is where one of my main perplexities lies. I made the decision to
go to law school in 2001 and was admitted to the Bar in 2004. I felt at the time that it was a good
decision for my family’s future but now I am not so sure. Being a laywer kind of sucks. It is stressful. People get themselves in the dumbest
situations and think you have a magic wand to make it all better. I am way too empathetic and trusting. I could go on and on. I am a solo practitioner and on the positive
side, I love being my own boss. I am
really not a good employee, I do not like people telling me what to do and
being all up in my biz. If I need to
take one of my kids to the doctor at 10am in the morning, I do not want to feel
guilty about that. If I would rather
work at 9pm than 9am, let’s do it. I’d
rather be productive than just put in my time.
But being a solo comes with many other complications and since this
train of thought has become boring even to myself, I’ll just leave it at that. I am trying desperately to find my calling. Pretty sure representing people in divorces is
not it. What do I love? I love kids…especially my kids. I love to cook and bake (and take pictures of
things I cook and bake). I am trying to
get healthy and I do actually enjoy exercising, especially yoga, pilates,
kickboxing, and Zumba. I love to create beautiful things but have neglected
that side of me. Being a working mom
does not leave much time for creative outlets.
That is where Caramel comes in. Mel and I need to be creative. We so want to be creative. We each have different interests and talents
but wanted to work together and cheer each other on so we can achieve this
goal. We would love to maybe sell our
creations someday. But the main
objective was to just do/make things we love.
We hope to share our creations, whether it be a blow-your-mind
cheesecake or uber adorable baby hat. We
have a lot of ideas in our pretty little heads (ok, I kind of have a big head)
and want this to be our inspiration to make those ideas come to reality. Please share in our inspiration. Comment.
Share suggestions. Praise. Ixnay on the idiculesray (please be nice). In addition to our creations, we both enjoy
writing and may just ramble on a bit about a topic related to our lives – such as
parenting and dieting. We would love to
hear from you. Be creative, my friends! Be happy!
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