Chocolate Mary

When I first heard about the Fountain Valley, CA chocolate factory worker who found chocolate drippings resembling Mary the mother of God, I chuckled. Ok, I may have guffawed. Then I paused and thought, "Hey, I represent that remark!"

I grew up in a very Catholic household and The Virgin Mary was my mom’s confidant and protector. God rest her soul, my Mom prayed to the Virgin Mother daily, and I swear it worked for her. Mary certainly seemed to answer a lot of tough questions in my mom's life and even helped with small issues like the weather. I can’t recall a single family picnic where it rained.
And I think it’s because the morning of the picnic, my mom would turn the statue of the Blessed Mother, which sat on the kitchen window sill, towards the garden.

Ok, so it doesn't make intuitive sense to me. But, I can’t laugh at Chocolate Mary, because I know that for some people a close relationship to The Virgin makes them a better person.