See RecipePrint RecipeWe all want life to be wonderful, birthdays to be special, and dessert to be the exclamation point on top of it all. At least, that’s what I want. Nevertheless, sometimes the timing is off. Way off. Things don’t turn out as we hoped.Not bad, but the expected highlights were not there. We are left disappointed.What happened took a departure far from the way we thought things would be. Been there, done that, more than I care to count.Did I build it up too much?Did I expect something I shouldn’t have?Should I stop expecting anything, so I avoid this feeling of … disappointment.I had a birthday last week, not a biggie, one I refer to as a “peak” birthday, just past the uphill climb and right before the downhill slide on Decade Mountain. Forty-five to be exact. I have no problem with age and growing older, I have earned every grey hair and fine line, the goal is to savor each day and celebrate.Two challenges: Limoncello Tiramisu and my husband being out of town on a bu...
