Monday, December 7, 2015

The Kindness of a Donut Saved

"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

Donuts are in high demand at my house, but I rarely buy them because after all, who really needs to eat a donut?  But somehow, a box found its way to our kitchen.  As our babysitter was leaving our house one evening, she told my son, "Make sure you save me a donut."  He said he would, but I did not think too much about it.  A couple of hours later as I tidied up the kitchen, I saw that my son had written on a napkin that a donut needed to be saved for the babysitter and had covered the box with the napkin.  I later overhead him telling his siblings that they had to save a donut for her.  Given his penchant for all things sweet, I know it was a sacrifice for him to keep his promise.

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