The Diaries of a Fruitcake in a Half Baked World!

Fruitcakes make you laugh.  Make you think, “OMGosh!!”.  They can make you wonder, “Why can’t I be like that?”  They are happy within and keep making life entertaining, especially when you hear their stories. You might wonder what their secret to living free is.

Welcome to the world of this fruitcake!

Yes, I can be a little nutty sometimes but never put on a shelf! I am a wife, mother and woman on a mission, reaching others through love and in turn growing from each experience.

Early in the spring of this year, I was talking with my Momma one day and told her that I felt a pull to write a book. (I’m always trying something new.) I told her about how people would look down their noses, talk behind my back, telling others that I just didn’t know what I wanted in life because I dabble in almost everything. Sure, it hurt when it came back to me, I don’t see anything wrong with it and then I realized there are a lot of us out there that are labeled fruitcake, so why not embrace it and make it something positive?! All of these things we dabble in make us very important to society because we are experienced!

We came up with the title “Diaries of a Fruitcake ~ In a Half Baked World”. I decided to embark on the journey of a blog and found an amazing team, Moxie Design Studios.

Why the name “fruitcake”? Well, it is a name that people freely label others with, for one, when they don’t understand the “fruitcake’s” actions. They judge what you do against their standards and if it doesn’t fit, then guess what? You are now placed in another category. So, the standards of a fruitcake go against the normalcy of others and what they consider to be normal. Yet, these fruitcakes are very entertaining to the half bakers out there. That is why I was labeled as a fruitcake. I was their outlet to plug into for excitement and shock!

Does that mean the fruitcake isn’t normal? No, it means that we are our own and march to the beat of a different drum. We like the attention that our choices give us. Sometimes we might realize we went just a little too far. We might even be labeled, “Drama Queen”. Are we the drama queens? I would have to say that sometimes, yes. But once again, there is nothing wrong about that. It can get out of hand but remember you are in charge of your choices and you know where the line to going too far is.

If you think about it for a second, coming from the world of baking, fruitcakes are unpredictable. You don’t know when you bite into it if it is going to be moist or stale. Some fruitcakes get passed around every year and then put on a shelf until the next year. Do you get passed? You might have. Do you feel like you are put on a shelf and unseen? Do you think you are seen too much and judged for it? Ahhh, the life of a woman.

Here it is. You will see that “fruitcakes” are very intelligent and successful. Am I saying that I am intelligent and successful? Well, yes, I am. Some are just not given a chance and “play” the name, making themselves look fruity because they know that is what people expect. They might be tired of trying to be accepted and just give up. It’s time to be true to yourself and embrace who you really are. Not allowing to be frowned upon by what I like to call “Half Bakers” out there.

The Half Baked World

What is the “half baked world”? It is a world for those who say “Don’t confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up.” In this world you will find many different concoctions to the recipes of life.

Living in this half baked world it might seem as if we are paralyzed by fear. When we stunt our lives by this fear, we don’t live life to its fullest. We don’t say what is on our mind, for fear of what others will think. We look at the fruitcakes out there that say it and we wish we could be that free. There is a process to becoming a fruitcake like there is in making one! Our journey can start here to learning how to be free.

Fruitcakes love choices. They love to have excitement in their life. They understand that life is only a one time shot and you can’t live it being unhappy in a job, marriage, or family, among other things. We learn how to embrace life and love where ever we are in our lives. Not to give up on our marriages, our jobs or family.

Fruitcakes like to live lowly and you must understand this word. It is not being a doormat or living what some consider lower class, it is esteeming others above yourself. We like to lift others spirits around us, hence why we do things for a laugh, etc…  If life becomes boring in a certain area, you will add your own ingredient to get the rise you want. A lot of people will call it “drama” or being irresponsible or hot air. I call it a life line to sanity. Though, some would say insanity.

For those of you that currently are labeled you might find that you are being told you need to be on anti-depressants because you aren’t what others consider normal. They might think you are depressed, hence your “crazy” actions. If you are told this over and over, you begin to look down on yourself. Your light will become dim and people will begin to wonder what happened to the fun, crazy, full of life person you have always been? It is time to let your flame rise and not let others snuff it out. The fruit inside of you is very colorful. Don’t settle for the half baked syndrome and live in a gray world.

These are diaries of the fruitcake that will hold surprises and you won’t know whether it is something to laugh about! Will you be surprised or disappointed? Will you be able to read a diary entry and have advice that helped you get through part of the baking process? By all means, register and share. Will my experiences be there to help you? You be the deciding factor of what the diaries can do for you or what you can do for the diaries….

In closing, this blog will bring a positive movement to encourage those who are only half-baked to live life to its fullest. Learn and be encouraged on how to break out of the “half baked syndrome” and live life, free as a fruitcake!