Tuesday, September 30, 2008

September 30th, 2005, revisited

Home.

This is the third anniversary of me coming home from the hospital.

My wife came and took me home from the physical rehab hospital. It was a gorgeous day. It was cool and sunny, with high white clouds in a bright blue sky. It was wonderful.

All I wanted was to be home with my wife, and the sheer joy of riding in the car with her is hard to describe. Somehow I knew, I felt, how long I had been in the hospital. I had only been conscious for part of the time, but I had experienced the whole thing. I knew that I had been away. I wanted to be home. I wanted to be with my wife. Finally, I was. Just being in the car and enjoying the sun and the Autumn air, sitting beside my wife, being alive and going home, was all that I could ask for.

I was going home.

I am home, now, with my wife. What more could I ask for?

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