TheBanyanTree: Today

[auntiesash]

I'm so grateful that you posted here.  I'd have missed it otherwise and
that would have been a great loss.   It has lifted my heart, this evening,
to be  reminded that you exist.
Xoxo
Sash

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 3:06 PM Monique Colve via TheBanyanTree <
thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com> wrote:

> For those who don't follow me on FB.
>
>
> I would like to tell you a story. But my mind is blank. My MRI shows a big
> open space where my brain should be.
>
> This is not where I expected to be at this age. I always thought I'd be
> dead by now. But I'm obviously not. Anyone who has any sort of life
> altering medical condition will know that it changes you. It can also
> change the people around you. I used to have colleagues! But I'm a part
> timer who is also damaged - I can't keep up with those rowdy people. Mostly
> I miss the conferences. You haven't partied until you've partied with
> accountants and bookkeepers. But I don't like to talk about accounting -
> I'd rather talk behind peoples' backs. It's much more entertaining.
>
> But here I am, living a fabulous life with a man who makes me laugh every
> day and a dog who does the same. Usually not at the same time. I have lots
> of time to read and lots of time to think about what I'd do with this house
> if I had the energy or range of movement. Fortunately it's fine as is.
>
> Since this is FB, I should be striving to make my life look FB awesome so
> everyone can feel jealous. But it's not! All I wanted this year was to get
> close to water and then get in it! I could fill up the bathtub, but it's
> hard to get out of, and isn't exactly what I'd pictured. Then again, I have
> to avoid direct sunlight, so five or ten minutes tops is all I can do.
>
> It's a beautiful day here, so I might put on a blanket from head to toe
> and sit outside with Ash for five minutes. Any longer than that and I start
> breaking out in hives and skin cancer.
>
> My life is beautiful. Even if I can't go for a walk in it right now.
>
> xoxo
>
> Monique
> Sent from my iPad
>
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