Sweet Nothings

Chocolate Necco Wafers.

My Dad loved these. He introduced me to them when I was a young child, and we've shared a love for them ever since. They are a thin, round candy wafer covered in a powder-like film.

Over the years, I would often see the wafers at the registers of convenience stores, but usually in the multi-colored pack. It was a rare treat if I found the all-chocolate packs, the ones I knew Dad loved.

Over the summer, my friend from Georgia, Michelle, sent me several of the chocolate packs that I had told her I loved so much. Just before my Dad died, he paid me a visit, and I slipped him a pack of these wafers. He grinned.

After his funeral, I went into his room and looked closely at his things. There in his coin dish was the half-eaten pack of Chocolate Necco Wafers. I placed them in my pocket and smiled.

There were only a few left in the pack, and I like to think he saved them for me.