When my friend picked me up to take me to the hospital for my knee-replacement surgery almost four years ago now, she tossed me an orange shirt and told me to put it on. She proclaimed that we were going on vacation. Not only do I not look good in orange, but the shirt was splashed with large white and smaller blue flowers. It was so not me! Too loud, too vivid, too orange! Plus, I knew we weren’t going on vacation … but, I played along because it was all in fun. While driving to the hospital, my friend pointed out sites along the way as if I had never seen them before. She got me laughing, and that was good. On the way home from the hospital, we stopped to purchase our favorite cookie-and-cream shakes because we were on vacation. … [Read more...]