I've been retired for many years. Periodically, post retirement, I'd cater an event as a favor to a friend or relative. My wife always assisted me. She couldn't boil water, but she was an incredibly gracious woman, who could easily defuse any difficult situation. When we catered these events, it was always as a favor and a bit of recreation and spousal togetherness. Three years ago, I catered the wedding for the daughter of a close friend of my wife. I made nada on the event. It was done at cost.
This past October, 2008, my dear wife lost her five year battle with breast cancer. During the year prior to her death, she was very ill, often confined to our home or in the hospital. Her friend, for whom we catered the wedding, never phoned, never visited, never sent a card, even after I wrote her a note asking that she come see my wife.
This afternoon, this woman's husband phoned me, at his wife's request, to ask if I would cater the wedding for another daughter. I said, simply and quietly, that I would cater the wedding after his wife confers with mine.
This past October, 2008, my dear wife lost her five year battle with breast cancer. During the year prior to her death, she was very ill, often confined to our home or in the hospital. Her friend, for whom we catered the wedding, never phoned, never visited, never sent a card, even after I wrote her a note asking that she come see my wife.
This afternoon, this woman's husband phoned me, at his wife's request, to ask if I would cater the wedding for another daughter. I said, simply and quietly, that I would cater the wedding after his wife confers with mine.
