A Girl, A Vending Machine and 3 Quarters

One of the earlier years a regular Dessert Fairy recipient received a call to her cell phone on the 3rd Sunday in August. She was at work. Her family would surely leave little more than crumbs from the treat bag the Dessert Fairy was bringing. She felt completely left out of the holiday proceedings and therefore quite sad about this once spontaneous event that so thrilled her.


But alas, Dessert Fairy Day is not about the receiving but the giving and about the random and unexpected nature of that giving.

She dug down deep into her pocketbook and found three quarters.



She went to the vending machine and purchased a candy bar. Before you naysayers make a claim that a candy bar can not be a dessert keep in mind that candy bars were officially ushered into dessert-dom by an episode of Seinfeld. On the way back to her cubicle she deposited the candy bar on a coworkers desk along with a note explaining the nature of this unexpected treat.

And with that simple gesture that young lady embraced the true nature of Dessert Fairy Day and helped keep the tradition alive, but most of all put a smile on two faces.