As the mother of a four year old, this weekend was filled with Easter egg hunts. One of them a community event packed with hundreds of kids, full of anticipation and eagerly waiting behind a man-made fence for the starting signal. The children watched as the plastic eggs were tossed onto the field, their excitement growing.

The whistle blew and mass chaos ensued as the kids collided trying to get their hands on as many eggs possible. In seconds the hunt was over and my daughter returned with tears in her eyes. She, as many of the others, had only managed to collect one egg.

As we were leaving, still disappointed about the result of the hunt, we walked by the sponsor booth and bumped into an acquaintance who happened to be working the event. After telling him of the one-egg result, he grabbed a big bag full of eggs from behind the booth and poured them into my daughter’s basket. It was now over-flowing!

As we left that day, I was reminded of a very important lesson. It’s all about having the right connections.

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