I saw my old friend KT today, and she threw her arms around me. Boy, she had something she wanted to tell me!
She’d been out and about, and someone she didn’t know at all had come up to her, pointed at the shawl she was wearing, and proclaimed, “That’s an Alison!”
KT didn’t remember the name of the person but thought I’d enjoy hearing about it. The woman had told her she was a former yarn store owner. I’m guessing who that was, but if you’re reading this, give me a holler, wouldja? It totally made her day and mine today. What were the chances?!
KT knew about my lupus, but that was it. She didn’t expect the reaction she got when she mentioned that she’d had a hard time lately; she’d been diagnosed with Crohn’s in January. She didn’t know if I’d heard of that one?
Oh wow. Ten years ahead of you, friend, call me any time whatsoever with any question, and let me reassure you that chemo meds sound scary but mine worked for me for years with no real side effects.
I’ve had a lupus support group all these years. I’ve never found one for the Crohn’s. And now I get to be one. And we started it off with a sense of celebration–I’ve already knit her the baby alpaca shawl!