Hanging with an Angel

Most of my posts as Gallivanting Geismom involve exciting adventures to fun and fabulous places, generally accompanied by my husband of 30+ years.  But today I offer you an entirely different experience to ponder. This weekend finds me in Peabody, MA attending a Granulosa Cell Tumor Symposium with my daughter, Stacey, at her request. We hopped in the car early Friday morning and made the drive to the hotel in just short of 8 hours.  We've been quite busy since we arrived and today was spent sitting in a conference room listening to a myriad of speakers offer their expertise surrounding the subject of Granulosa cell Tumors.  Now, one might find such a subject to be a bit less than exciting, but I can assure you that the day was filled with enthusiasm and Stacey and I found this event to be of great value.  We met with some fabulous doctors, all who had a wealth of information to offer to us. The above photo shows Stacey posing with Dr.Penson, a man whom we had only corresponded with via phone or e-mail, but the one person whom I consider directly responsible for directing us to the best possible care for Stacey.  He remembered her name as soon as he saw her namecard, and he was thrilled to pose with her for this photo.  Don't they both look fabulous?  If you look hard, I think you can spot a halo around his head. Attending this conference was probably one of the best decisions that we could have made.