Dear Grace and John,
Your yummy gift from Dude, Sweet Chocolate arrived today. Usually, it is brought to my door, but the suspense lasted longer today than usual. When I went to check the mail about 6 PM tonight, there was the box on the floor by the mailboxes!! I carried it to my condo and immediately tried a sample of many of the enclosures. Some were favorites, but many were new to me. I always enjoy the “Chubby Nuts” but there was a new white kind of treasure. It may be a big cookie or piece of cake covered with white frosting which contains small pieces of nuts. Since there are two pieces, I decided to save them until Carmen can come for a visit at the end of August. She’s hoping her roommate, who fell on her patella, and cracked it a month ago, will be independent by the end of August and won’t need Carmen’s help. Lisa, her roommate, has needed to keep her leg straight so can’t bend over for house-keeping activities.
Thank you so much for sending this special treat. I ration my eating of the goodies so that they last me a long time. That’s especially good right now when the heat, which started last week after a very cool and rainy June, won’t cause damage to the goodies. We will have 90+ temps this coming week, but no temps over 100 are predicted. Thank you for the note you sent which I will read again next Friday when I can celebrate being 81. My Mom lived to be 90.5 and my Dad was 88 so I have the possibility of a few more birthdays. By slowly eating the treasures you sent, I have many days to think of you and hope you are doing well.
Love, Karyl