Homeward Bound

Today Beth got the official notice that she will be sent home tomorrow at 4 p.m. to continue her healing on her own turf. How great is that? Her posse is busy gathering things she will need for the transition, like a shower stool, a back rest, a recliner (thanks, John!) and a cane. She said that today was the best day she has had since the accident; when she woke up this morning she could really feel the healing energies at work in her body. It's a long road, but it gets shorter every day.


It's time to wind down this blog--Beth has asked that I post weekly updates, and I will do so starting next week for a while, and then that will be that. Thanks for coming along on this ride and for all your words of support, love, caring, and encouragement for Beth--it has made an incredible difference in her journey back to health. 

Love After Love by Derek Walcott

The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart. Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.