A Beautiful Day. May 13, 2011
Transitions… we are always in transition.. Death being the ultimate transition
and one that we spend much time avoiding.
We are looking this transition in the face. No avoiding it.
We live with it every day.
Moved along and cradled by love from expected and unexpected sources.
Watching Neil accept and deal with his disease and take it on the chin.
I complain more than he does. He is a pragmatist, a realist. So wise,
so mentally healthy. Always my teacher.
Humor is his constant companion as he makes this journey.
I try to imagine living without him and am filled with a feeling of emptiness
He is my friend, my cheerleader, my life partner, my everything.
Dick and Andre arrived yesterday. Our eyes filled with tears seeing them.
We have shared so many, simchas, good times together.
We met for breakfast and then spent the afternoon at the Bayfront,
the town square. We sat on a bench under the banyan trees watching
the world go by. A segway tour stopped in front of our bench
giving tourists a lecture on the trees; we become part of the tour.
Behind us a young man ties a rope to two tress
30 feet apart and begins performing a high wire balancing act. We watch in awe
as he practices his stunts. He takes a break and comes over to talk to us.
He is not with the circus as we first thought. He is a young business man,
who has moved here from Calif. He asks us who we are and where
we are from. Without missing a beat, Neil tells him that he is dying
and that his friends have come to say goodbye.
To his credit the young man takes it all in and before leaving says to Neil,
“I hope you enjoy the rest of your life”.
And that is exactly what we try to do.
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