I Don't Have a Happy Place
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Yes, Adeline Rose Waxman Bateman, I know you, too, prefer French fries to sweets, but still I’m sending over some banana pudding for you. But only if you don’t read this. If you read the book, even though I’ve told you not to, I’m returning my Godmother crown. And you’ll be returning the pudding. Look! Here you are, finally, in the book. Just because I love you.
For Rich, I will bake a banana cake with chocolate frosting AND a coconut cake with cream cheese frosting and snowy coconut flakes. Not because I can’t make a decision (which I can’t) but because you deserve both (although I will give them to you secretly because if our daughter sees you eating two cakes at once, there’s gonna be trouble). I bake you two because that is so above and beyond and you are so above and beyond. If not for you, none of us would ever stop to take in the view, laugh as hard, or probably ever leave the house. Thank you, Buzz, for being the marrying kind. I absolutely adore you. And yes, the dishwasher is clean.
For Ella I will try my hand at an unfussy vanilla cheesecake, not only because it’s your favorite but also because it seems like a mature dessert and you’re the most mature member of our household. For Oscar I will bake up the most delicious chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and stick some chewy candies on top because that’s kind of gross and you like that stuff. I will also make red velvet cupcakes and cookie pie and ice cream and brownies and smush them all together because I love you both so much I don’t know what else to do sometimes but squish stuff together and make a big mess (one I will absolutely make you help me clean up). You are truly the joys of my life. Every moment I get with each of you makes my heart explode (no, Ella, not literally, I’m fine). I love you clowns more than anything. Thank you for making me a mom.
Obviously, I can’t bake something for myself, because it’s just weird to thank yourself, which, if I’m being honest, kind of stinks because I just found a recipe for Depression Cake, which sounds pretty good.
About the Author
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KIM KORSON is a writer, originally from Montreal, Canada. Kim now lives in Southern Vermont with her husband and two kids. She doesn’t get out much.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Korson, Kim.
I don’t have a happy place : cheerful stories of despondency and gloom / Kim Korson.
pages cm
1. Korson, Kim. I. Title.
CT275.K8345A3 2014
920—dc23
2014027606
ISBN 978-1-4767-4026-3
ISBN 978-1-4767-4031-7 (ebook)