“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” -Mary Oliver My years of exploring the darkness in my life have prepared me to face my biggest challenges and my worst fears, and it is making me a better...
Day 18 – Thursday, April 11, 2013 Dear people who are following our story, I’m sorry that it has taken me a few days to post again! We are so busy each day now that Jess is awake, alert, talking, processing, and working in his therapies! Whereas I was able to...
In which Jess surrenders, is the Warrior, waxes philosophical, and I lose my marbles Day 12 – Friday, April 5, 2013 Day 10, our first day at home since the accident, began with Jess and I sitting together to determine a schedule. Still the practical teacher, I...
Day 9 – April 2, 2013 So, it is day 9 since Jess’s traumatic brain injury and brain surgery, and he is being discharged from the inpatient rehab hospital into outpatient rehab and my care. It is ridiculous, miraculous, unheard of. The medical staff has never...
Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain. Margaret Fuller Day 8 – April 1, 2013 Today is the 8th day after Jess’s accident and surgery. I’m not a numerologist, although I am fascinated by the language of numbers. Each number has a...
