French Silk Pie

When I first moved up to Snowflake we lived across the street from a sweet, older lady who was loosing her eye sight. One day she asked me if I could help her set the temperature on her stove. She was baking biscuits for a 911 comemorative breakfast the next day and she couldn't see to set the dial high enough
After that I tried to get over to visit with her every few weeks, and we would always end up talking about food. During our first visit she told me that she had collected recipes for years and had even published a cook book. One of her favorite recipes was for French Silk Pie. My new friend described how she had first tasted the pie at a fancy restaurant and then searched for years for the recipe. It sounded marvelous, so she told me how to make it.
The next time I visited my friend asked if I had tried making a French Silk Pie, and I had to admit I hadn't. We talked again about how it melted in your mouth and was so delicious, and this time she even gave me a copy of her cookbook so I would have the recipe right there. I went home thinking about that pie, and even looked through her cook book, but I didn't get around to looking up the recipe.
Next visit we talked about the pie again, and I made excuses for why I hadn't tried it. I felt bad, so as soon as I got home I got out the cook book and looked for the recipe for French Silk Pie. It looked easy, except it called for 3 oz of unsweetened chocolate, which I never had on hand, so I couldn't make it. I did buy a box of chocolate the next time I went to the store, though, but I still didn't get around to making the pie.
I took a plate of Christmas cookies over to my friend the next time I visited, and she asked if I'd tried the pie. I had to make excuses again, but told her I really was going to try to make the pie soon. A couple of days before Christmas we had the missionaries over to dinner, and I was trying to think of something special to make. I remembered the pie, so I decided to try making one. It was so easy, I was really suprised, but I was totally amazed when we cut it that night and I put the first bite in my mouth. Oh, my goodness! It did melt in your mouth, and it was yummy!
I made more pies for Christmas dinner, and more again for New Years, and have been making French Silk Pie for every special occasion since. I love it! But it made me think. How many other things in life do I put off doing, just like baking the pie, only to discover when I finally get around to it how wonderful it is, and wish I had not procrastinated so long?
　
French Silk Pie1 baked pie crust 3 squares (1 oz each) unsweetened chocolate
1 C powdered sugar 3 eggs
3/4 C softened butter (not margarine!) 1 tsp vanilla
　
Bake pie shell; cool. Beat powdered sugar and butter in bowl until light and fluffy.
Melt chocolate in small bowl in microwave for 1 minute, take out and stir. If not
fully melted, put back in for 30 seconds at a time until melted. Stir in vanilla and
stir until cooled. Beat chololate into butter. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Pour into pie shell and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours. Can be topped with whipped cream
or eaten plain, either way it is delicious!