[Believe51]

Along this journey there have been so many tears, for my husband and me, for all of you. The beautiful thing is that these tears are not all from sorrow. Sometimes these tears are from pure elation to hear of a conquer from someone I love. I sit here blissfully writing of how these tears of elation have fallen for Joy. I am so serene for my sister.

And Jennifer, I am a coffee connoisseur from way back and would enjoy the sheer joy in experimenting again. I sort of pushed that to the sidelines along with the cross-stitch and 4-course meal, all which I love and miss. I tell you a quick story you will appreciate. When we went on our Cancerversary Cruise last September we drove down to Florida. We stopped in different states along the way to try their specialties and such. This way one of the best parts of this long vacation. On the way back we stopped to get gas and there was a Cuban nook in the back that served coffee.

I asked for 2 coffees, 1 light and 1 dark. The gentleman sitting spoke to the lady in Cuban and explained what I wanted. She meekly handed me the light coffee first and smiled without speaking. I nodded and smiled and said, "He will like the coffee just the way it is." The entire crowd watched intensely as I grabbed the dark....dark coffee. They were amazed that this coffee was for me I guess because they laughed at me but not in a bad way. I did not know this at the time until I took a sip.....The small sip of hot, dark coffee was brutal in its power, I think it even blistered my throat going down, hahaha! I looked over to the nook from outside and kind of surrendered to them, they laughed. This was one of the many prized moments of the drive. And the only time I could not drink a particular coffee....I am still recovering I think (haha).

I would love to contact you. I am going to call you my coffee connection. Lots of smiles>>Believe51