Trish would be so happy. Her donor Mike and his wife Jess are amazing. They made us feel at home. We wanted to thank them for Trish, much as I thanked everyone at the funeral and honestly they made us feel like royalty -- or even better life long friends and family.
Mike was a hospital dietitian before becoming a police officer and than a fireman. I always tried to get Trish to go back to school to get certified as a dietitian/nutritionist. She was so knowledgeable already and just needed the degree to go to work in this area. She often beat the dietician at Hopkins with what she needed and they often found other things to talk about. Everyone knows how much Trish enjoyed baking and Jess is a baker too. She has a business making cakes. My Aunt tried to get Trish to sell her cheesecakes, but Trish never was into selling her goods, she just liked watching people smile eating them. Every turn of our short whirlwind weekend revealed something we had in common, and something new that Trish would have liked to know about her fireman as we called Mike for so long. And Mike's sister, her name is Trish -- uncanny isn't it?
Suffice it to say, I think we have a new very special branch of our family in Staten Island now. One that would have made Trish very happy and proud. (I'm tired, may write more later)
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