My dear friend, Rebecca, just called to share this "Anne Moment" she just had. Her husband is at Zale Lipshy on the Rehabilitation Floor, where Anne was for four weeks when she was re-hospitalized after her resection. Rebecca walked into a room down the hall looking for a schedule and said this memory just came flooding back, as though Anne was giving her a big hug. In the room was a round table where Anne, Rebecca and I had sat while Anne ate her lunch one day. Also at the table that day was an elderly, skinny, black woman eating her lunch.
Okay, a little background now. After Anne's surgery she was wanting cheesecake. We had a whole cheesecake from a bakery in Waxahachie (I think) that we had been eating on and it was gone. Early on, cheesecake was listed on the hospital menu that comes with the tray. Anne selected cheesecake that day. The next day cheesecake was not listed on the menu that came with the hospital tray. Anne talked the woman who delivered the food trays into bringing her cheesecake for dessert every day, whether it was an option on the menu or not. From that day on Anne had her cheesecake for dessert every day and enjoyed every bite of it. Anne knew it was a special treat just for her. If we commented on her cheesecake, she would do a combination "O" face, smile and raise her eyebrows...She loved being special.
Back to Rebecca's visit during Anne's lunch that day 7 years ago. The elderly woman looked over at Anne's tray and said something to the effect of "how did you get that cheesecake?", she had a cookie or something on her tray. Without missing a beat Anne said "Here, you can have it." and she handed her prized cheesecake over to the woman.
Rebecca said it was one of the sweetest things she has ever seen. That's our girl.....
