I’m writing to tell you that I am well.

I am on a journey of recovery and I feel confident that God will see me through.  These last few weeks, I had some unhappy times but it also brought me great joy and I’m so thankful for it.

Thank you for your attention and thank you for your understanding.  Communication is not easy for me right now.  And thank you for your prayers but know its hard to overstate the extended kindness i have experienced in the last months or more.  I am still here, Abbe is still here, Selai is still here, Rose is still here and even my mom is still here!

Please pray that I gain strength so I can return the favor to those who’ve supported me as I continue to heal.

My journey to healing is quite interesting.  I have this funky PT who is so keen to see me walk and move.  His favorite phrase is ‘Happy Days!’  He says this with a big grin and total abandon. He is just so positive, just what i need right now!

And then there is Abbe’s project.  She calls it the ‘wonky table’  I overhear Abbe, Karen and Jim fixing this wonky table beside my bed.  Their vocabulary is from another world.

My view from my bed is framed by the window and has endless activities throughout the day.  Some days I see the mailman trundling along in his mail truck, loaded with his boxes of mail for the community.  Other times I see the sunset thrown across Castro Valley as the day winds down and the evening begin to fall.  The afternoon sun is often filled with brilliant rays as if the day is making its last-ditch effort to paint the sky with light before nightfall.

As for my diet, I am now eating so much healthier, I suspect I will soon start to sprout some vegetables myself!  So if you come visit me and see some suspicious color, please let me know as the chef may have gone rogue!

I also get to hear some singing in the house.  Seems like Bach or Beethoven have started ‘de-composing’ as the notes that float around me are ‘out-of-this-world’

My first goal is to sit in a chair. Please continue to agree and pray with me that I reach my first goal soon.

I had a very good chat with my primary care physician and I felt it was very constructive in that he listened to me and my concerns and then helped me with referrals and suggestions.  So I am feeling positive for the future.

And I am so thankful that my sister Abbe and my mom are here.