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Hi friends! We received a surprise package from my dear friend Violet this week and as I was pulling out the thoughtfully curated goodies, I pulled out two small boxes (one pictured below) and burst into tears. She had included cookies from the Honolulu Cookie Company. Unbeknownst to her, my mother would include cookies from the HCC in every package she sent to me during her 7 years of living in Hawai’i. Grief is ever-present and while the world continues to pile things on so many of us, life absurdly goes on.