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March 18th, 2009 at 10:11pm Conscripted Cherry

There are people in this world that you don’t see daily but who have an impact on how it runs.  These are background people.  They have a purpose in life, in an organization, in a moment and they work to fulfill that purpose.  They don’t expect a parade to be thrown or a newspaper article to be written and would die of embarrassment if something like that happened.  I’m not one of these people.  I don’t want a parade, but I do want my gold star.

The reason these people are in my mind is because of the really really really yummy peanut butter cookies and monster cookies I ate last night at play practice.  Doris made them.  Doris makes cookies for all of the practices of the drama team at church.  Even when we have two a week like we’re doing now.  She started making goodies for us when her granddaughter was in the plays and she was her ride.  The granddaughter got to junior high and was too cool to be in the plays anymore, Doris stopped coming to practice, and we are still getting cookies. Every week she makes dozens of cookies, pops them in her gallon zip top bag, and delivers them to the church.  And every week we eat them.

We include her in the programs under technical support as Cookie Lady but that’s not why she does it.  I’m not sure why she does it.  I’m not sure why people like this do what they do.  We have some of those people in our midst at the Bar and Grill, and you probably have some of those people in other parts of your world.  Take the time to tell them thank you and to let them know they are appreciated.  For me, I’m taking a few bags of sugar and some chocolate chips to church and putting a note on them for Doris.  Hey, maybe I can learn to be one of those people.

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