It was 2:35am when I got a phone call “Is this Meghan Del Rosario?” A lady said over the phone. “Yes.” I said, with my groggy voice and my eyes half open. Who is calling me this late at night? “This is Judy Mendes, your grandma Carol Del Rosario has been admitted to Carolinas Medical Center. Carol was at home when she called. She reported that her upper abdomen was having pain. The doctors ran some tests and we found she has pancreatic cancer. Her cancer has spread so much, we are afraid we can not operate on her. Carol does not have much time left and she has asked for you to come see her before she goes.” As those words came out of her mouth, a tear dropped from my eyes. I could not believe my own grandma did not tell me she had pancreatic …show more content…
I saw her laying there on the bed with wires attached to her body. I broke down in tears, I did not know what to say. “Hey, hey don’t cry. I’ll be fine.” She said, while I was walking towards the bed. I sat on a chair next to her, I held her hand and said “You’ll be fine but I won’t be.” In a couple weeks I will be losing my grandma. I can’t bare the thought of losing her, we did everything together, she is my best friend. She’s the only one I have left, What am I going to do without her? With all these thoughts running through my head, I heard her speak. “You’ll be fine, and I’ll always be here for you no matter what.” Tears kept running down my face, how could she be calm with the fact she won’t be here with me anymore? “I want you to go on a trip for me, one last adventure for us. I saw on tv, there are these three pies I want to add to my famous pie recipe book. The three pie are in different countries, Canada, England, and Italy. In Quebec, Canada there is a three layered crust blueberry pie. England has a cherry pie in Mayfair, London at the Nordic Bakery. In Naples, Italy there is an Easter pie with wheat berries and ricotta. I want you to come back with all 3 recipes and when you get back, bake them and bring all three pies here so I can taste