Box of Chocolates
"Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to thy word." Luke 1:38 In the fifth grade, we collected our Dad's favorite quotes for a book for Father's Day. My dads was this..." Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Forrest Gump Every Tuesday and Wednesday I eat salad with my coworkers. We hodgepodge together toppings of every delight and enjoy conversation and community at the small round and rickety table in our office kitchen. And then, after we have finished our bowls of cabbage and carrots, corn and cucumber, we go for what we treasure most...a bite of chocolate. The box of chocolates sits in a special drawer and we take it out after we finish dinner each night. Set in front of us, we stare. It's a mystery, what lies in the middle of each sweet treat. And we anxiously ponder, which one we want, which one has the caramel we are in the mood for, and what will happen if we get the wrong one. And i