Yesterday I stopped in to see Chris and Bernice.
Okay, I stopped in to buy a pound of Mountain Man’s Chocolate Pecan Caramel Clusters. Yep, the big bag.
But Chris and Bernice make such a handy excuse to pop in and buy a bag of chocolate. They’ve owned the sweet shop that’s just a short walk from my house for 15 years, now, and in all the years I’ve known them, they’re always sporting smiles; they’re always a pleasure to visit.
Today I had the special joy of hearing all about their 50th Anniversary plans. 50 years. They must’ve married when they were twelve; they look so young!
As Chris was ringing my purchase, I asked them how they order their merchandise. “It must be difficult to predict what folks will buy and what they won’t," I observed. Together, they said, “Is it ever!” I asked if retailers ever get the hang of it, and they said, no. Bernice said, “We make mistakes. They’re all in the corner, we call it the clearance shelf.”
We chuckled, and then we broadened the subject from retail order mistakes to mistakes in life, in general. We all make mistakes; happily for them, they’ve learned to laugh as they grow.
It was wonderful to spend a bit of my weekend in the sweetshop. To enjoy the simple pleasures of a bag of chocolate and a young couple in love.
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