Fresh Starts

Why Andy can't relax! Look out here she comes.......... A better day today. The air has been cleared (there are better ways!) and we are both being extra considerate of the other. I think he realized for the first time that his operation and recovery affect me too and I understand better how frustrated he is and how powerless he feels. He has always been an "in charge" man and now he's not. The road is bumpier than I thought it would be but we're adjusting.

DS had a good doctor visit yesterday - his leg is now quickly improving and should be completely healed in about four weeks. He is still walking with a cane but it doesn't slow him down. He and his ex-wife decided that their son should return to Texas to start the school year and he will come out here to permanently live with his dad at the end of the year. This gives them all a chance to adjust and prepare for the changes.

DD stopped by this evening on her way to a sponsored dance. Like Cinderella, she has to be in by midnight as they have a very strict curfew. She looked so happy and is doing well. She has started dreaming again - they told her that as her brain began returning to normal she would and she is. She will soon be five months clean.

DGS is spending the night with us and it's good to see the brothers together again. They enjoy each other's company and it's fun to listen to their good-natured teasing - mostly about music and the taste or lack-of in the other. When it gets too heated I threaten to put on some ABBA - stops them cold every time.