The standard fare of cookies and cakes usually dominates our refreshment table at church between services.  Recently, one member graced the refreshment table with an elaborate and gorgeous edible arrangement.  While normal people enjoyed the fruit, I longingly drooled over the kale, whose only intended purpose was to serve as a backdrop, keeping the fruit in place and looking good.  For me, it proved to be a test of self- control.  Having no pride, I quickly gained permission from the donor to confiscate the kale as soon as the fruit was gone. 

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