I know three Wendys. For the past three years, I've met a Wendy every year. Before 2007, I really didn't know any Wendys. Well, Wendy #1 had just been an acquaintance until then.
Wendy # 1 (December 2007) - She is a redhead with freckled cheeks. She's bad for me, she's everywhere. She's easy. Her Big Bacon Classic is pretty tasty. I never really knew Wendy #1, until I was having a girls afternoon with Jill, shopping and getting ready for our husbands' staff Holiday party. She suggested Wendy's for lunch, and I said sure, even though I was a true McDonald's fan and never went anywhere else for fast food. I don't know if it was the whole memory of that really fun day, the chemical additives in the meat, or just the new taste, but I got hooked on Wendy's and for months I had Wendy's way too often. I'm over it now and I only see that Wendy once in a great while. It's been months.
Wendy #2 (May 2008) - She is a brunette with a genuine smile. She's a single mother; she's a great mother. We share a passion: Photography. She's a Smartest Loser. We did burpees in the rain together, we climbed small gravel mountains together and we pulling a freaking 18 wheeler truck together (along with 28 other losers).Last year, she suddenly suffered a stroke. It happened a few weeks before she was due to leave on the Florida trip that her and her kids had been planning for FIVE years. She willed her body to get better in time to go to Florida with her kids; She went from being blind and not being able to walk to feeling 90% normal, in time to go. The Smartest Losers came together, we put money in an enveloppe and signed a card. We delivered the card and we all cried. Recently, she showed me the Florida photo/scrapbook/memory book she had made/printed. The books starts with Acknowledgements, and our names are in there! It really warmed my heart.
Oh wait a minute. I didn't meet a new Wendy in 2009!
Wendy #3 (March 2010) - She is a curly blonde with rosy cheeks. She is an artist, she is a freelancer and she is a writer. I met her at my new job. I was immediately drawn to her, and we clicked pretty early on. Well, I clicked anyway. She might have just been nice to me like she's nice to everybody. I felt so comfortable with her, that somehow I've shared some pretty ridiculous things with her. She probably thinks I'm so weird! She visited Sable Island, and wrote a children's book about it. A couple of weeks ago, she announced that the book is going to be published! Her sister got her a big chocolate gift basket, and Wendy shared with all of us. She has been called to work at our job for 90 days a year, for the past three years. When she isn't working there, she's freelancing. I really admire her. In the short time that we have worked together, she has really inspired me to keep working towards what I'd really like to do profesionally. Her last day was Wednesday. I hope that somehow we'll cross paths often.