Laughs and Lobotomies

Sometimes I bake my parents’ favorite desserts.

Not so I can give them to my parents.

So I can share them with my partner, or enjoy them myself, or give them to literally anyone else.

I’ve made this layered banana biscoff pudding with whip cream, and a pumpkin bread pudding with brioche and a cream cheese icing.

And we had them.  And they were delicious.  And for a time it brought me some peace. 

I don’t need their approval, or validation, or anything else from them.

I can just be.