A Simple Woman

Every other day of the year it was just an ordinary kitchen. But on August 15th it became a combat zone. Broken eggshells… spilt milk… empty boxes of brownie mix… all scattered about the space like a crime scene.

Yet despite the mess, Janet didn’t mind. The alternative was worse.

Her loving, devoted husband was a man without taste proving it with his yearly selection of birthday gifts. And after a decade, she’d had enough.

Hints started dropping regularly. Nothing fancy or expensive. Just something homemade that satisfied her sweet tooth.

Finally, it clicked for him.

Make some damn brownies.