Saturday, December 15, 2007

We Meet Max (Maxine) again

When we are in Omaha, we enjoy going to a Mexican restaurant, Matt's, on 90th Street and Fort. Today while out doing errands, lunch time arrived and we were in the neighborhood and stopped for a quick bite. HW2 ordered hot tea and chicken vegetable soup. I had the same but, in addition, a turkey sandwich. Our waitress was very helpful, and at the end of the meal we were sitting there when Max came over to see if we needed anything else. We got into conversation with her, and she told us about making ornaments with her grandmother. She mentioned how she wished her grandmother was still alive, and then she could do other things with her. I said that when she got out her ornaments that her grandmother was with her at that moment. She said she had not thought of it that way and thanked us for putting such a positive spin on her memories.

Then she hugged both of us, and we mentioned that everyone needs seven hugs every day for good health. So, HW2 went to a nearby table where there were five people and mentioned that Max needed five more hugs today, and they all agreed to do this at the end of their meal. On this happy note, we left and noticed that there were many smiling faces as we left.

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