PINK SKIES AHEAD
Pink Skies Ahead!
Hello, cookie lover! So now you’ve read about our “buttercream dreams” and why we “always love”. Now it’s time to talk about the iconic OPC tag line “Pink Skies Ahead”. I feel like Spring 2021 is the perfect time to talk about the “Pink Skies Ahead” mantra. One, we were so overwhelmed with our cookie lover’s Easter wishes that we missed the Easter Blog post, and two, Covid and the dark cloud of separation and fear is passing like an ugly storm that stayed way too long. We Texans can really relate because here we can endure the ugliest thunderstorm ever only to see it give way to the most beautiful pink sunset ever. In fact, on a clear blue day where there is not a cloud in the sky you may have an anticlimactic sunset where the big orange sun just drops below the horizon without much fanfare. But when there is a terrible storm, we have bright sunsets! I love those dramatic pink sunsets with the purple and blue clouds. I adore the long, lingering pink color that just shines through all of the dark mist like a beacon. It’s my thing. Everyone has a thing, and sunsets are it for me. So here is the short history of the “Pink Skies Ahead” pinkism.
There was a time in my life when dark clouds hovered over me and threatened never to pass. It was the most challenging time I have ever had to face and was the crucible in which One Pink Cookie was born. I won’t bore you with the details, but trust me, the sky over my life was very, very dark. You know those nights when the sky is covered with heavy dark clouds but there is a line of pink light on the horizon? The glimmer of hope for me was my dream to go to Africa and love orphan children. My daughter Lizzy and I had committed to a mission trip, but the dark storm in my life threatened to snuff out that dream, (and lots of other stuff too, but read on to learn how important it is to have a dream). I was up very late wondering how we would ever obtain our dream when some wise words from my brother came to mind. He asked me once, “What do you do for free that people would pay you to do for them?”
I thought of the support I had raised for charities, the children I had taught, the thousands of cookies I had made for events, and the hundreds of flower arrangements I had created when friends and family had events or for my own personal entertaining and gift giving. It was 10 or 11 at night when I was thinking about this and I thought, “Aha! Cookies!”. The Walmart was open all night and I could go get ingredients and start my cookie business THAT VERY NIGHT! And you know what? I did! I went and bought tons of ingredients and started baking that very night and the rest is history. (Well, maybe not history yet.) The moral of the story is that in the darkest moments of our lives we can emerge with the most wonderful dreams. That tiny line of pink on the horizon grew as the years went by and now there is a huge shining pink sky where those dark clouds of fear and doubt once were. There were PINK SKIES Ahead. Every time I post a pinkism, make a delivery, share a picture of a pink sky or encourage and collaborate with another small business I am thinking about that night in my dark kitchen and my little dream.
Will you answer the question my brother asked me and take a leap of faith and make your gift unto a dream and your dream into a business? I would love to hear about that! I would shine a little pink light your way!
By the way, between the two of us, Lizzy and I have been to Africa 11 times and sponsored 4 girls and found sponsors for dozens and recruited countless families to go to Zambia with Family Legacy. We’ve been able to grow into a wonderful business and have given to so many wonderful charities that help women and children in crisis. All this was possible because of you, cookie lover. Thank you so much. May there be pink skies on your horizon.
Oh, and Mom, I know you are almost the only one who reads these, and yes, I know pinkism is not a word. I guess it is now. Thank you for reading.
PINK SKIES AHEAD!