Saturday, March 22, 2014

The Kindness of Chocolate Cake

"Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me."
Audrey Hepburn

Kindness arrived today in the form of a chocolate cake -- my favorite cake, to be precise.  And the timing could not have been more perfect.

It has been a full week.  Not a bad week, but a busy, emotional one.  So...  I was thrilled to find the very pleasant surprise of my favorite cake waiting for me from one of my favorite people.  This cake, which is a decadent concoction of chocolate, is always a treat and only available at a specialty bakery in town.  My very thoughtful friend introduced this cake to me a few years ago on her birthday and it has become my birthday cake of choice.  Receiving such a thoughtful gift feels as though I am receiving a big hug or a bucketful of kindness.  The fact that my lovely friend, a busy professional and mother, went to the trouble of getting one of my favorite things means so much.  But my friend is pretty terrific and I recognize that having a terrific friend is a blessing, too. 

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