There was something special in the balmy and nippy air about this pre-dawn autumn morning. It is the first time since that September Friday that I feel “normal.” It began last night when, for the first time in six weeks, I had a glass of wine with Susan during our “special time.” It continued [...]
Over the past six weeks, I have received “thinking of you,” “you’re in my prayers,” “miss you,” “I’m here if you need me,” “anything I can do for you” cards, phone calls, e-mails and “get well” gifts from students. Some have come over to the house to visit; some have helped Susan with such things [...]
Happy anniversary to me. Yesterday was exactly a month of renewed living. I’m still recovering, and will be for a month or two. Still no power walking, no working out, no heavy lifting, nothing strenuous anything, no driving, no nothing for at least the next three to four weeks. I am being disgusting good. I [...]
The rabbis tell us to live each day as if it was our last. It’s an overused and trivialized self-help abstraction, isn’t it. It is now a reality for me as it never has been before. You see, on the early morning of Friday, September 14th, I literally stared the Angel of Death in the [...]
