My Mom Was Fired Over Two Muffins — 10 Years Later, I Got the Perfect Chance to Set Things Right
At 25, I watched my mom, Cathy — “the Cookie Lady” — get fired from Beller’s Bakery for giving leftover muffins and bread to a homeless veteran. Her new manager, Derek, called it “theft.” She came home with flour on her apron, hiding tears. “I have more good in me than he has power,” she…