~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Recently, I found
myself scrambling at the last minute to find a hostess gift for a dinner party. I decided that I wanted to take a box of alfajores, a Peruvian delicacy that is
sold at a small shop close to where I lived.
I called the shop a few minutes after 5 pm and asked when they
closed. "We close at 5," the
gentleman on the phone said. I asked if
by any chance they had a box of the small cookies left. No, the man replied, but I can put together a
box of other sweets for you. "And
you'll wait for me?" I asked. Yes,
the man said and explained that he would be there for another 5-10
minutes. I drove as quickly as I could
to the shop, climbed the stairs to the second floor of the shopping center and
ran to the door. The man welcomed me
inside and said, "You didn't have to run." He had the box of sweets for me all wrapped
up and included a box filled with other desserts for me to try. And then he said, "I have an alfajor saved for you," and handed
me one of the delicious treats.
Sometimes, kindness is extra sweet.
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