Bonnie Recovery

The new march to the beach.

Our grandson Zachary came home from pre-school singing "March, march, march".  He would throw his head back and swing his arms with great joy and circle through the living room, dining room and kitchen -- high-stepping and sing-songing -- "March, march,  march".  There was no tune, no school cheer, or Yankee Doodle Dandy,  just a military attitude and the words "march, march. march!".   You had to see the verve and attitude emanating from that 34 inch-high guy, going in circles.    We laughed until our sides hurt.

Bonnie knows a good act to follow.  Bonnie has been marching around the Youville Acute Rehabilitation Hospital.  She launches herself out of her wheelchair, and she walks to the gym and back without needing to sit down.  They will follow her with a wheel chair in case she needs to sit down quickly but she walks pretty solidly.

I think I hear her saying under her breath "March, March, March."  Bonnie is set on graduating from Baby Boot Camp by the end of April, for the birth of her grand daughter.

On Oak Island, North Carolina the reconstruction and re-plumbing of our 3 bedroom beach house is in it's 6th week. 

How does Bonnie do it?

I often wonder how Bonnie does it.  We sleep next to our loved ones.  Our bodies touch as we turn in response to our respective dreams.  We may touch faces in the morning or hear an account of the lover's dream, but we never experience their experience, nor truly know their life. 

If I were Bonnie I can not imagine continuing on with such calm and willowy strength.

Slooooow progress.

Bonnie is making slooooow progress on her way back to being self-sufficient. 

Love letter to my wife.

Nothing special happened today.

It was just another day of recovery for both of us.

We are in love.

The life we lead, summed up in these three sentences, is odd, in deed. 

Bonnie has been cycling up and down with nausea and/or diarrhea. probably symptoms of low grade Graft vs. Host Disease, but she just keeps working at eating her three meals and taking her fluids and her pills and exercising twice a day.

Bonnie walked up three stair-steps in the gym to day with only a bit of help.