Miracle

I attended a 30th birthday bash for a young man this evening. Every day of his life is a miracle and the fact that he has lived so long is astounding. His life expectancy was probably about 15 years. He uses a cpap constantly now, to even be able to speak. Yet, his love and enthusiasm for life are easily evident. He simply does and says whatever he can every minute of every day, and makes it look easy. I think it has truly become his natural state of being...a worthy ideal that I continue to strive for!

His lovely wife, who is her own beautiful miracle, (I introduced them to each other!) does the same, even though she can only speak with an assistive communication device. They are courageous beyond words, but they don't even know it. It does my heart good to see them from time to time and be reminded of how great love is, and how simple.

Speaking of love, I sent a short note to B last week. A note I have resisted sending, as it would not be helpful and wouldn't change anything. It was carefully worded to not lay blame, but simply stated how I'm feeling. I was wrong, it did help. It hasn't changed anything, but it's helped me immensely to acknowledge the pain.

I'm excited and sending loving energy to the Ironmen; Brett, John, and Pete. Love long and finish! (Auto corrected from live long and finish, but I like this even better!)

Love, elly