February 15

This is one of the chocolates from my Valentine's Day present from Adam.

Of all of the varieties in the box, I wasn't in a big hurry to try this one. The others looked more enticing, with their decorative peanut butter dollops and coconutty toppings, so this one, by comparison, seemed to be a plain chocolate dud.

So when I finally bit into it this afternoon, I was surprised --and really pleased-- to find a burst of gooey caramel inside.

One lesson here is painfully cliche and obvious: don't judge a book by its cover. But there's another one, too: don't discount the blessings God gives you just because they look less-than-impressive on the outside. You never know what you'll find once the outer wrapper's been removed.