In Which China's First Lady Thanks My Great Grandmother for the Cake

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It's totes unfair that I'm sitting in a cubicle trying to make something of my life as a pupil transportation/school & hospital security journalist when my great grandmother was a badass who regularly sent baked goods to the First Lady of China. Talk about not being able to live up to your family's awesomeness. 

I was perusing the online archives at my alma mater when I discovered a few postcards from my great grandfather postmarked from China in 1929 (above). That seemed cool, but a letter signed by "Madame Chiang Kai-shek" took the cake (literally).

The letter said:

Headquarters of the Generalissimo

Shanghai, China.

April 25, 1937.

Dear Mrs. Young, 

I am sorry I have delayed in thanking you for your kindness in sending me the cake the other day. We are so busy that I overlooked it. 

Appreciating your kindness, Very sincerely,

Madame Chiang Kai-shek

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My great grandfather was, at the time, working to establish a stable financial system in China. Apparently his astute wife thought a well-made cake would pave the way to a functional Chinese economy.

Dude, those were the days, huh?