Eat Cake for Breakfast

Eat cake for breakfast.

Have you ever consider it? To be honest, I never really had until the other day when I had some tempting birthday cake calling my name early in the morning. But, of course I thought better of it. After all, who eats cake for breakfast? It  just isn't done. Cake is a dessert that follows a meal like lunch or dinner. Now where did that rule come from?

Coincidentally or not, I came across a kitchen towel that same day that boldly stated Eat Cake for Breakfast. 

I immediately snapped a photo and posted it on Face Book. I was pleasantly surprised by the comments I received.  One friend said that every year on her birthday her mother would serve her toasted left over birthday cake for breakfast for the next few days. What a special memory!  Another commented, "Cake, muffin...it's just wording!" After all they both contain sugar and flour. 

But my favorite comment of all came from a teacher friend who admitted she had purchased that very towel the day before. Now why was I not the least bit surprised? Everything she does in life is summed up perfectly in this kitchen towel. She has such a natural enthusiasm for living and is always looking for the sweetness of the next adventure. 

Now, whether you actually eat cake for breakfast or not is really beside the point. It's more the whole idea of enjoying life to the fullest, and looking for those opportunities presented in the smallest of ways. 

I hope to emulate that sense of adventure that seems to come so effortlessly to her. So in the words of Marie Antoinette, and my very sweet friend, "Let them eat cake!"