Just Cookies

99.9% of my wife’s customers and the people she interacts with are a joy and easy to work with.  They appreciate what she offers and the craftsmanship (or womanship) with which she completes her sets.

One woman however balked at the price, and stated that they are “just cookies”.  Sigh, no my dear, they are way more than just cookies.

• They are a mother allowing her 3 year old to celebrate his birthday with his favorite dinosaur.
• They are an excited bride-to-be asking her best friends to be in her wedding party.
• They are an excited couple announcing to their friends and families the gender of their unborn child.
• They are a “Thank You’ gift to a group of medical staff from a woman who has just finished cancer treatment.
• They are a reminder of friendship.
• They are a personalized celebration.
• They are a way for a daughter to provide her dying mother with a token of her love, one of the few things her mother actually still enjoys eating as the cancer continues to wreak havoc.
• They are a way for a parent to thank a teacher, a patient to thank a nurse, a boss to thank an employee, and employee to thank a boss.
• They are a way for one business to thank another.
• They are a way for a wife to celebrate her husband’s 30th birthday, with cookies depicting his favorite things in life. 
• They are a way to honor a loved one who has recently passed away.

My wife has had the distinct pleasure to participate in the meaningful events of so many families throughout her cookie journey, including every.single.event that I described above.

No ma’am, these wonderful works of culinary divineness are many, many things. 

But what they are not, is “Just Cookies".