Momnesia

The Sweetest Thing

AUGUSTA, GA. - Went by Shanhil Sweets' open house for their new digs last night. Let me tell you that it was CROWDED.

It was a very nice turnout in support of Shannon Powell and this original businesswoman's efforts to get a local economic par-tay started. There were cupcakes, cakes, cheesecakes, truffles, white and dark chocolate barks, cookies, coffees, teas and about a hundred other products to sample, all for free, as a way to re-introduce the business to the community after it moved to a new home.

I took Emmie, because I'd been promising to take her to "the candy store" for a week. But we didn’t get to stay long. My daughter is a kleptomaniac, and I couldn’t keep her out of the candy bins.

I was shuffling her out the door when Shannon chased after us, and I explained that Emmie was stealing all her candy and there’s no way she could make a profit with my toddler in the room. Just then, all too wily for her own good, Emmie turned around and smiled at Shannon and said, “Daynts SO MUSH for all da cannee.”

Shannon’s brain visibly glazed over from the Onslaught of The Cute. And, in her defense, there simply IS no defense from it. Women confronted with the Power of Emmie have their ovaries and uterus wrap themselves around their hearts and squeeze any semblance of defiance right out. Resistance, as they say, is futile.

Firmly in the palm of Emmie’s hand, she said, “You can have all the candy you want, Emmie.”

Thanks, Shannon. Mommy appreciates that SO MUSH!