This May Come As A Huge Shocker For Most Of You

This may come as a huge shocker to most of you....

Brendan was really proud that I was coming up on 5 years abstinence from alcohol.  In fact when he realized one time that he had made us pasta and used Trader Joe’s white wine pasta sauce he remade a whole extra batch especially for me with regular marinara. (He didn’t seem to realize that I didn’t count this as alcohol consumption; as I see it as flavoring that burns off when heated anyway.)  As I mentioned previously, Brendan often bought me flowers and chocolates and shared all of his Trader Joe's snacks with me. He loved the Trader Joe’s chocolate liquor filled candies available during the holiday season. He was always bringing boxes of them home for himself. He told me, “You can’t have any! I’m hiding them from you!”  Of course, among the many, many reasons I will NOT pick up a drink during this very painful period of my life, is that it would disappoint Brendan so much. I honestly think that he would forgive me for all the long daily tangents that I post here on his FB but he would NEVER forgive me for breaking my commitment to abstinence from alcohol.

I know what your thinking…..Brendan Lai-wing Leung? Chirish? Are you kidding me?

Brendan was full of surprises.