Kindness and Birthday Cake

“Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember.  It’s all about the memories.”

~ Buddy Valastro

My lovely friend recently texted me to say that the bakery that makes our favorite chocolate cake had closed – due to extensive hurricane damage.  I was convinced that she was mistaken as this bakery has been around for years and because I could not imagine that our favorite cake was gone.  (My lovely friend introduced me to this chocolate delicacy years ago and it has become my birthday cake of choice.)  Silly though it seemed, I decided to try calling.  There was a recording that directed vendors to a corporate office on the other side of the country.  I called the corporate office, but the woman told me what I already knew.  I asked if the bakery had made the cake on premises and was there no way to get the cake.  Nada.  I told my friend that I had spoken to the corporate office and gotten nowhere.  She asked me for the number and said that she would call.  Apparently, my lovely friend shared with the woman that a friend’s birthday was next week and that she really wanted the cake.  The woman told her that she would contact the bakery and see if they could make one more cake.