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I\u2019d made the drive to visit my sister, Mandi, so many times, I could practically do it on autopilot. That gave me plenty of time to think about all she was going through. Mandi was 34, with two young children, and had been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. It wasn\u2019t fair.<\/p>\n

I turned at the edge of town, barely glancing at the landscape around me. There wasn\u2019t much to see this time of year. The once colorful leaves had all fallen from the trees, leaving them black and bare. It was a troubling reflection of what Mandi was going through<\/a>, the joyful things in her life dropping away one by one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we almost there, Grandma?\u201d<\/p>\n

I glanced into the rearview mirror. I\u2019d nearly forgotten my young granddaughter was in the car with me. She\u2019d been sitting quietly in her car seat, watching the scenery go by.<\/p>\n

I needed to focus on something more positive<\/a>, at least for her sake. \u201cThank you, God, for this beautiful day,\u201d I said, trying to sound cheerful. Calling it beautiful was a stretch with the brown grass and dead trees. But at least it wasn\u2019t raining.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see a pretty blue sky<\/a>,\u201d Jocelyn said. \u201cAnd the yellow sun. And the chocolate trees!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChocolate trees?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Jocelyn said. She seemed surprised I didn\u2019t know exactly what she meant. \u201cWhen the trees don\u2019t have their leaves on them, they look like chocolate.\u201d<\/p>\n

In spite of myself, I laughed a little<\/a> at that. Chocolate?<\/em> I thought. Well, she\u2019s not wrong. They are a deep brown, like dark chocolate.<\/em> More importantly, when I thought about them that way, the trees no longer looked so sad and hopeless.<\/p>\n

I was still thinking about those trees when we got to Mandi\u2019s, so I told her about it as soon as we walked in the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love that!\u201d Mandi said, a glimmer of light in her eyes. Jocelyn bounced on Mandi\u2019s bed, and Mandi gave her a weak smile. I listened as Mandi and Jocelyn made up a story about a princess who lived in a forest made of chocolate trees. Jocelyn\u2019s laughter warmed my heart, but I could tell Mandi needed to rest. When Jocelyn left the room, Mandi continued peering out the window.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at the trees?\u201d I guessed.<\/p>\n

Mandi laughed. \u201cI was,\u201d she admitted. \u201cI was thinking about how some people see something bare and ugly out there, but our Jocelyn sees chocolate trees. We should all be like that, shouldn\u2019t we? We should learn to look for the chocolate.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would certainly make the world a lot sweeter,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

A few months later, I drove Mandi home from her chemotherapy treatment. She\u2019d fallen asleep in the passenger seat. Good,<\/em> I thought. Sleep will help keep her strength up.<\/em> About an hour from home, snow started to fall. Ugh. Just what I needed,<\/em> I thought, gripping the steering wheel tighter. Snow would make the roads more slippery and might make it harder for Mandi to walk from the car to the house.<\/p>\n

I sensed movement beside me. Mandi had woken up. She turned her head slightly to look out the window. \u201cAwww,\u201d she said softly. \u201cLook. God put marshmallow cream on Jocelyn\u2019s chocolate trees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazing. I hadn\u2019t even tried to look for beauty in the snow<\/a> while Mandi, exhausted and sick, saw marshmallow cream. Mandi had said we should all be like Jocelyn, but my sister was actually doing it. What for me was a funny story had become a life philosophy for Mandi.<\/p>\n

Mandi passed away the following April. In heaven, she no longer has to look hard to find beauty around her. Here on Earth, I ask God to help me<\/a> be more like her, to find joy in the dark times, and never miss a chocolate tree.<\/p>\n

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