Day 4 – March 28, 2013 I awoke at 2:15 am Thursday from bad dreams and feeling fear, anger and worry. I was not due at the hospital to relieve Pete until 6:00, but I got up and wrote because I couldn’t get back to sleep. I posted Wednesday’s update and...
March 27, 2013 – Day 3 The day began with some success; I got 6 hours of sleep, which was a miracle and restorative to me. When I got to the hospital at 6:30 am, I found a Starbucks and got mocha lattes for Pete and I (a little victory-bad coffee is a...
Life is different for us as of 1:00 am Monday, March 25. My eldest son, Jess, received a head injury in a skateboarding accident that required brain surgery. BRAIN SURGERY. It is a strange, surreal landscape we are walking right now. I am closer than ever to my...
As I write this, the three guys I live with are playing football on the other side of the floor-length living room windows. It is a hot, muggy Florida evening, my husband and two boys are enjoying some guy time, and my oldest son is going to college in three days....