Hmmmmmmmm! Little did I know when I sent you all the Lemon Square recipe that is would become a sort of mascot for the days ahead!

To FINALLY find out what was wrong with my leg was a great relief!! It had been like fighting an invisible monster!! To find out that I had a shattered vertabrae caused by a tumor in my spine finally brought it out in the open! YUCKY-the monster may be UUUUGLY but now we can see what we are fighting! The surgery to remove as much tumor as possible and rebuild my spine took heavy duty hospital time. 9 days to be exact! Each of those 9 days was filled with well wishers, family and hospital food. I had been eating it for more than a week. That is 9 X 3 meals a day. On the last day, as you can imagine, I was so READY to be home, but it was evening meal time before I got the final OK from the last Dr. A meal tray was brought in just as I was getting ready to get into the wheel chair that would take me outside into the fresh air and HOME! Eating was not my top priority at that juncture! My nurse coaxed me with "You might as well eat since it is here". I didn't want to seem ungrateful so I took a stab at the meat loaf and mashed potatoes. Then I saw it...after 27 other meal trays, there it was...a LEMON SQUARE!! I swallowed the lump in my throat, and silently gave a little extra thanks. Yep-- it's still true. That seemingly bitter fruit can be sweetened to the point of joy!