{"id":6337,"date":"2018-07-04T23:27:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T06:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amyglaze.com\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2018-07-19T17:32:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T00:32:35","slug":"true-blue-layla-pie-and-the-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amyglaze.com\/true-blue-layla-pie-and-the-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"True Blue: Layla, Pie and the 4th of July!"},"content":{"rendered":"

True Blue for: Layla, Blueberry pie and the\u00a04th of July!\u00a0Two years ago, I would have been going bonkers getting festivities and food ready across\u00a0six different restaurants. Today, I’m setting up a lemonade stand with neighbours and baking blueberry pie for kids.\u00a0See that smile? That’s one happy Mama!<\/p>\n

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Life changed drastically when I found out I was pregnant with Layla. I literally put the brakes on everything. No cooking professionally, no writing, no nothing. Why? Well, because three years ago everyone I\u00a0loved passed away: my Mom, Stepdad, Grandpa, and our two daughters late second term. I was\u00a0at the top of\u00a0my game professionally\u00a0which, thankfully, was all-absorbing\u00a0but, I was walking through emotional quicksand. So I left my work as an Executive Chef for six restaurants and hopped on a plane to India after loosing my Mom and second daughter within a 3 week period.\u00a0 And I spent some time far, far, far away from stress, grief, depression, pain, anger and all those yucky feelings that go along with loosing your family.<\/p>\n

When my husband came to meet me in Delhi, we both had this incredible sense of relief. It was so liberating to leave our emotional baggage at home and reconnect. We lived it up completely treating ourselves like Moguls and rode elephants through castles, made wonderful friends, ate the most delicious food I’ve ever had and came home happy, well rested, and much to our surprise \u2013 pregnant!<\/p>\n

When I found out the good news, I knew\u00a0that cooking professionally was not going to be an option for the duration.\u00a0My doctors also said: no more cooking. No more standing for 12 hours a day, no more stress, no more adrenaline rushes \u2013\u00a0 basically no fun and I spent nine whole entire months on modified bed rest. Yes. Nine months. I know, sounds like a holiday and it was for the first two weeks but, from there on out it was pure torture. For a person\u00a0who was used\u00a0to running 5-10 miles after a full day of cooking, being imprisoned to a sofa was brutal. I watched so many episodes of Law and Order that my husband was convinced our daughter was either going to be a lawyer or a serial killer! I did not write my blog. I did not cook. I did not read books or better myself in any way. I just zoned out on murder mysteries. It’s really all I could do to get through it.<\/p>\n

But now, here we are two years and nine months later, almost to the date, with a gorgeous little girl who is the best little Sous Chef a Mama could have. Layla brings so much joy and love into our lives. Our cup runneth over…<\/p>\n

And she loves to bake! She likes to mix, sift, roll out dough and pop whatever we’re making into the oven. And of course she loves to eat up her creations with extra whip (whipped cream apparently goes with everything). I am so happy to be her Mama. She is pure sunshine. And this is, by far, the\u00a0most demanding job I’ve ever had.<\/p>\n

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So yes, my priorities have shifted. My ambition has mellowed (sightly). I’m a Mom! But that’s not to say that I still don’t have my finger in the pie, I consult for restaurants and\u00a0enjoy the challenge of designing menus and fine tuning operations. It’s fun. I love it. I’m good at it. And I still get to snuggle my Little One and be there for her and all of her firsts.<\/p>\n

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And this Fourth of July definitely\u00a0had a lot of firsts \u2013 our first lemonade stand! Our first bake sale! Our first blueberry pie! And I guess my first post in almost three years. Whew, well, if fireworks were an emotion, I certainly would be\u00a0one heck of a colorful show this 4th. Thanks friends, family and long time readers for all the support over these last 15 years. This is certainly one new adventure and I’m hoping to bring family and fun back to the kitchen.<\/p>\n

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