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Hope is like a light that shines in endless flight

Monday, August 8th, 2005

Talked to David this evening. He sounds sooo much better! He sounds cheerful and really alert and … alive!!! He hasn’t sounded like that in years. We didn’t hear from the doctor today but if what he sounds like on the phone is any indication, he may be home sooner than I had dared to […]

Within my heart are memories

Friday, August 5th, 2005

Gino and I went to see David this evening. He still doesn’t seem to want much of anything except to come home.
Well, that’s not entirely true. He asked for pictures of us all. And he said when he comes home, he wants a chocolate milkshake and an evening of Diablo II with all of us.
The […]

So far away

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

… it would be so fine to see your face at my door,
and it doesn’t help to know
that you’re so far away
David is back in the hospital, this time all the way out in Ithaca at the Cayuga Medical Center. He was threatening suicide again and the folks at the Binghamton Adolescent Treatment Center said […]

Defending my younglings from stupidity

Friday, January 21st, 2005

Sometimes, teachers are stupid. Even special ed teachers.

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