Falling Off The Floor
Job - Eliminated. Vaporized. I'm now unemployed and seeking a job for the first time in 17 years.
Wife - recovering (slowly and painfully) from major surgery complicated by a kidney stone (her fifth or sixth in about five years).
Father - ended up in hospital after breaking (more like shattering) his leg from a fall in our driveway (on Halloween night, no less). My parents drove here from NC to help me take care of my wife. He's now on a walker for several months and going through physical therapy.
Mother- after visiting my father in the hospital, suffered a "potent and aggressive" viral infection (the kind you get while visiting the hospital these days) and - care to guess? - ended up in the hospital. At one point, I had one parent in the hospital and another next door in physical therapy rehab center.
Step-father-in-law - died in mid-November after a long, painful, frightening illness.
Cat - died while I was in New York City. I felt particularly bad because my wife had to face that alone. She didn't deserve that. He has a prominent gravesite overlooking the pasture watching the sunsets each night. You're deeply missed, Blizzard. Poppy has the run of the house, now, and is terrorizing us all.
On the bright side...
Friends - priceless. Comfort, encouragement, support...enough to bring tears to my eyes (several times). My advice, don't allow yourself to have to go through a life crisis to figure out who your friends are. Know them, love them, and appreciate them in good times, too.
Family - Parents have been there when I needed them (except when they, too, were struck down). Cousins, aunts, uncles...family I haven't heard from in years have come out of the woodwork to send their love, encouragement, support. I've learned a great deal from this experience.
Last, but certainly not least...
My Wife - beyond priceless. An angel. She's stood by me, propped me up when I was falling down (from her hospital bed, at some points). I am a very, very lucky man. She has accepted me and is helping me back into the saddle. Like the VISA ad says, some things money can't buy.
OK, God. You have my attention. I think you kind of overdid it, but I'm certainly in no place to criticize, now, am I?
Stick Out
Wife - recovering (slowly and painfully) from major surgery complicated by a kidney stone (her fifth or sixth in about five years).
Father - ended up in hospital after breaking (more like shattering) his leg from a fall in our driveway (on Halloween night, no less). My parents drove here from NC to help me take care of my wife. He's now on a walker for several months and going through physical therapy.
Mother- after visiting my father in the hospital, suffered a "potent and aggressive" viral infection (the kind you get while visiting the hospital these days) and - care to guess? - ended up in the hospital. At one point, I had one parent in the hospital and another next door in physical therapy rehab center.
Step-father-in-law - died in mid-November after a long, painful, frightening illness.
Cat - died while I was in New York City. I felt particularly bad because my wife had to face that alone. She didn't deserve that. He has a prominent gravesite overlooking the pasture watching the sunsets each night. You're deeply missed, Blizzard. Poppy has the run of the house, now, and is terrorizing us all.
On the bright side...
Friends - priceless. Comfort, encouragement, support...enough to bring tears to my eyes (several times). My advice, don't allow yourself to have to go through a life crisis to figure out who your friends are. Know them, love them, and appreciate them in good times, too.
Family - Parents have been there when I needed them (except when they, too, were struck down). Cousins, aunts, uncles...family I haven't heard from in years have come out of the woodwork to send their love, encouragement, support. I've learned a great deal from this experience.
Last, but certainly not least...
My Wife - beyond priceless. An angel. She's stood by me, propped me up when I was falling down (from her hospital bed, at some points). I am a very, very lucky man. She has accepted me and is helping me back into the saddle. Like the VISA ad says, some things money can't buy.
OK, God. You have my attention. I think you kind of overdid it, but I'm certainly in no place to criticize, now, am I?
Stick Out
posted by The Amazing Stickman at 7:12 PM
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