Kindness and Tiramisu

"Kindness can come from someone on Twitter, it can come from someone on the street, it can come from someone at work.  Without kindness, I don't know what I would do.  The greatest part of life is the simple things."

~ Andie MacDowell

For several years, I have been getting one of my dearest friends a certain treat for her birthday -- tiramisu from a restaurant she really likes.  The challenge is that she lives in New York and I don't.  But thanks to the wonderful manager of the restaurant, we have been able to manage this.  This year, with hurricane preparations in my world, I called a day ahead of time, but could not get through.  On the morning of my friend's birthday, I called again but no answer.  I wrote an email to the manager and then began thinking about what else I could get my friend.  At just about noon, I decided to call one more time.  The manager answered.  When I began explaining, he said not to worry -- he had received my email, looked up my friend's name and office address from previous years, and he was having the tiramisu prepared and would have it delivered.  When I tried to give him my credit card number, he said that he would call me later as he was in the middle of the lunch rush.