Remembering Hanne and “Cool Socks” for David When David shared his story yesterday about complimenting a man on his “cool socks” and the conversation that ensued, it really came as no surprise. We’ve known for quite awhile that David can’t resist “cool socks.” Our dear fellow fan/friend and (now) angel Hanne Ankersen once shared a story about “cool socks” she’d knit for David. The story came up in a twitter conversation with our own Kalei and Kalei later shared it beautifully in a post on FOD. It’s definitely worth a repost today! Hanne was a great example of giving and sharing with others. Not only did she knit David socks and share other gifts with him, but she also blessed us with her love of biology, her unending support, warm friendship, kind words, and BEAUTIFUL edits of David Archuleta photos! Hanne is greatly missed but it’s nice to celebrate her giving nature and “cool socks” today! ** CLICK FOR ORIGINAL POST HERE** fansofdavid/archives/91694 We were having a twitter convo on the topic of gifts for David. Specifically, why we felt such a strong urge to bring along a little gift for David whenever we went to a concert or event. We weren’t sure if this was a universal feeling that all fans shared with their artist of choice, or if it was unique to David’s fans. We noticed that not only did fans want to bring a little something for David, we also went out of our way to help other fans get their cards, letters and gifts to David too! We’ve developed a mail & package delivery system that rivals the US Postal Service and operates with the speed and efficiency of FedEx. We all understand the feeling of wanting to share something of ourselves with him. We talked about gifts that we’d given David and Hanne mentioned that she had knit David a pair of socks. I was dumbfounded – I mean who knits socks? To me, socks were something that came from WalMart in packs of 10 – I thought to myself that maybe she had meant a Christmas stocking, but no, she had actually knit David a pair of socks! Then she said that David had liked the socks so much that he asked her to knit him some to use as gifts! She was so thrilled, and I was thrilled for her too! When she tweeted a pic of the socks, I was even more amazed – these were not just socks, these were SOCKS! Like knock-your-socks-off socks! I have relatively few occasions to wear socks, but I would definitely wear a pair of these lovingly hand-knit socks – colorful socks that are a reflection of our fandom – all different, all beautiful, created one stitch at a time and knit tightly together forever….perfect for our walks down memory lane. Hanne, we love and miss you ~ you are in our hearts always.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:26:43 +0000