Memories

A friend of the family, Theresa Pelletier has been in the hospital since Monday - the doctor's are not too confident. Theresa has been fighting cancer on and off for the last 10 years. Her courage has been amazing!! I am really saddened by this news. Last night, it got me thinking about Theresa… and one of my earliest childhood memories has Theresa in it…

I remember going to Theresa's one afternoon and entering the apartment, I remember noticing a bunch of red fishes in the fish tank then her telling me to go hide in the back room– you see Stéphane, her only child and my wannabe boyfriend when I was 5 or 6 years old was babysat by Mom and I would often go over to her apartment after her picking up Stéphane when she came home from work – then coming out of the back room I saw the fishes again!!! I later learned that some of the fishes were floating on the top and she wanted to remove them (and probably flushed them) before I started to ask questions about the floating fishes. Strange how we can remember the dandiest things!!

My prayers are with Theresa and her family!