At the Cupcake Cafe

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Image by GLady from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/cupcake-cake-sweets-sugar-carrot-279523/Two friends meet at a cupcake café

Using sweet smiles to assure each other –

They’re each okay.

But the smiles begin to wobble, the

Conversation wiggles as each reveal

A grief that is separate yet shared.

One woman now a widow, pining for

Her love of half a century, he’s gone

Yet still so alive in her heart.

The other woman is steadfast as she

Cares for a once robust husband whose

Brain is bespeckled with fog.

two woman at a cafe, ChatGPTTwo friends meet at a cupcake café

Using sweet smiles that release into

Expressions more sincere, more real.

Two friends allow each other to shed

A tear, to moan about what once was

While easing each other’s loads.

An hour later, cupcake consumed,

Two friends nod at each other, mirroring

understanding, and depart with fierce hugs.

Image by TheAndrasBarta from Pixabay

Our hearts – full and broken, loved and lonely – are sweetened by the friendships in our lives.

40 thoughts on “At the Cupcake Cafe”

  7. So very touching and real, Pam. Proof how important women’s friendships are. I would be bereft without my girlfriends. We might see each other as regularly as we would like to but when we do cherish it.

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    • The value of friendship is not taught in schools (as far as I know) and really, it should be. We cannot make it in this world without some precious friends who accept us for who we are and stand by us to keep us strong. And of course, we do the same for our friends.

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  17. You bring fresh eyes–and cupcakes!–to friendship as tenuous, yet so terribly important. I’m fortunate to have two groups of girlfriends who meet often enough to make a difference.

    As Robbie says about marriage, “One partner will outlive the other.” Sad and true.

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  18. My beautiful Pam. No matter how many cupcakes or Cantina dinners we share with good friends, there’s laughter and pain within each of us. The beauty is sharing the burden of our stories with caring friends who listen and comfort each other. I relate to your words and wish you were here to share a cupcake so we can talk about your heart. Your story is beautifully written. I will send it to my sister who lost her husband but he’s still ever present in all of our lives. Your friendship is so important to me. Love you so much.

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    • Thank you so much Sandi! Oh those Cantina dinners used to soothe all of our hearts within the raucous laughter and a few tears. The memory of them still feels so real and so wonderful. I’m glad you can share this with your sister. 😘

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