THE CLOUDS SAILED ACROSS THE AZURE SKY as the late afternoon sun brushed them with a mellow midsummer gold. From the porch on the house in Rockport, I had a panoramic view of the Atlantic ocean and the July sky. We had left New York a couple of days before and had been visiting friends…
I’M AN IMPOSTOR. When people ask me how Mary Elizabeth is doing, I don’t really know who I am when I respond. Almost three years later I’m still trying to figure it out. Am I the cheerful and confident spouse, saying “Fine!” with a bright smile and a thumbs-up? Or am I the lugubrious,…
A COMA IS A FUNNY THING – well, not a funny-ha-ha kind of thing – but it wasn’t what I expected. After her stroke on December 5, 2009, Mary Elizabeth was in a coma for much of December and January – except when she wasn’t.
WHEN I WAS A BOY I spent every summer in the Adirondacks at a sleep-away camp on Lake George, not far from Ticoderoga, New York. It was a welcome respite from Manhattan in the summer, and was a much-needed break from life at home. One of the highlights of camp (and there were many) was…
IT’S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME since I’ve written a regular post to this blog, and I apologize for being away for so long. On this, the summer solstice and longest day of the year, I thought I would provide an update. Our lives continue on with school activities, movies and work. Mary Elizabeth continues…
There are a lot of things that I take for granted which are a big deal for Mary Elizabeth. On Sunday afternoon, after a lot of thoughtful consideration, Mary Elizabeth drove her car. Just for a short while in a deserted parking lot – but she got behind the wheel and for the first time…
Yesterday, I found myself working at home and was able to accompany Mary Elizabeth to her speech therapy appointment at the local university. She’s been going to the speech department there for about a year, and while I’ve gone with her to some of the group activities, I’ve never been to an individual speech therapy…
Today I saw along with everybody else the news that Gabby Giffords resigned from congress to focus on her recovery from being shot in the head a year ago. In many ways, her recovery felt very familiar to us, which shouldn’t be too surprising since both Mary Elizabeth’s and Rep. Giffords’ cases involve recovering from…
Hearts have been on my mind a lot recently – especially since mine was recently examined up close and found to be in great shape after an initial scare. We also attended a wonderful wedding in November where the song “One Hand, One Heart” from Westside Story was beautifully and lovingly performed and has stuck…
The second anniversary of Mary Elizabeth’s stroke was yesterday, and I meant to post something, but as you all know I’ve been busy compiling and writing a longer version of this blog with the aim of publishing it at some point.
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