Here’s a recent conversation between me and my friend Mo:
Mo, I am getting sick of drinking milk shakes.
Me, Are you kidding?
Mo, Even a good thing gets old day after day.
Me, Are you kidding me?
Mo, I’ve tried every flavor combination and I am getting
bored.
Me, Are you kidding? Shut Up!
Many people believe in silver linings, things that are meant
to be and fantasies will come true if you truly believe. I don’t but I do think
we can have vicarious experiences, good and bad through friends and loved ones.
My good friend Mo had a horrendous 8 months with cancer and
many complications. We have been friends for 30 years and she was so ill
recently I feared the worst. Vicariously I felt her pain, her frustration, her
fatigue, her nausea and her anguish. Luckily she has had a remarkable
turnaround and I can vicariously feel her strength, her spark and her health
return.
While Mo was in the depths of feeling poorly, we could not
talk about food. Food had always been a focus of our conversations. A typical
lunch and shopping day or lunch and hike or hike and lunch, was our m.o. for
the last 30 years! Yes we talk about books, movies and current events but since
we are both foodies wanting to try a new restaurant that one of us read about
was of great importance. It is surprising
to me how difficult it was to try and leave out the subject of food from my
conversation!
Over the past 8 months Mo lost a lot of weight. A thin woman
to start, she didn’t have much weight to lose. To regain her strength she needs
to eat lots of protein. At recommendation of her doctor she started drinking
milk shakes every day. The Mo milk shake diet has been very successful. She
gained 5 pounds in a month and she is registering clear of cancer. She also is no
longer anemic!
What Mo went through was a trip to hell and back. The silver
lining if there ever is one is consuming and encouraged to have a milk shake a
day. I cannot have a milk shake every day without becoming a big fat beach ball
but the vicarious thrill is almost just as satisfying. Who knows, maybe an ice
cream milk shake is the fountain of youth? I really could be wrong and
fantasies do come true!
Do you have vicarious thrills? Do you have conversation
topics you can no longer discuss with a friend or family member?
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