Because the cakes I have baked live on, preserved in family lore, and in the lingering, ever-delicious memories of my children, round-faced, candlelit and filled with wishing.
"Angels in America" is filled with wishes, hope, rabbinical anger, fantasy — and the kinds of errors in characterization that are bound to happen when big ideas come fast and furious, and authentic characters with beautifully confused intentions serve or get run over by those ideas.
"The Wishing Tree," which is still getting filled with wishes months later, is set up with a sign, clipboard, markers and a plastic bag of shipping labels so that passersby can contribute.
But receiving a thoughtful letter (filled with kind wishes, or prayers, and good news) is very much appreciated, It will most likely bring a smile to someone's face!
Their minds are filled with images they wish they had never seen.
Of course, who wouldn't want a book filled with the good wishes of your adoring fans?
When a friend is about to embark upon an undertaking that might require some sustenance and fortitude, you might send along a hand pie for his or her journey — a substantial pocket filled with your best wishes in a way a cupcake never could.
Hypothermia is on the horizon by this point but as the opening chords of I Will Possess Your Heart carry out over the medieval castle grounds, I am instantly transported back to my angst-ridden teen years, filled with heartbreak and wishing I was Marissa Cooper.
Life is filled with skills we dearly wish we had, but don't.
It is much the same sort of experience as being thrown with people in the subway: I gaze at a female, and am filled with curiosity and a wish to know more than I do about her nesting site, breeding habits, measurements, voice, and range.
