V's Version

I have the most amazing life! My father brought us to the East Coast so that we could visit friends, family and his beloved River House.(My Dad's birthday was 7/7/07 and it just reminded me of how lucky we are!) Brook's mother let us stay with her so we could avoid hotels. I was able to show Dani my old stomping grounds from Emerson College days and we were able to visit my first baby's grave near Walden Pond. We got to see my Boston friends at Merry and Cheryl's City Girl Cafe and even chanted nam myoho renge kyo (!!!) with most of them!

Boston Foundation for Sight just gave me (!!!) new prosthetic lenses that fit even better than my last ones. (Dani cried with joy and gratitude and I think I am just in shock.) My doctor (Lynnette Johns) is the BEST - funny, smart, thorough, kind, compassionate - everything anyone would want in a doctor. Actually BFS (a non-profit organization) is like the opposite of the American for-profit systems Michael Moore describes in his hew movie.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND seeing the movie "Sicko" - Dani and I went with April, Lex and Pk before we left. We laughed and cried and got angry and were so so so grateful too. It was very moving - hilarious and disturbing.

My sister Jenn hosted us in Portland and fed us lobster straight from the Lucky Catch where she works and then brought us by Jeep to see my high school pal and her partner in their beautiful Craftsman style home near the beach. Even the rain let up while we were driving! I feel like I walk with a lucky charm around my neck all the time.

Jenn sent us to Boothbay Harbor to stay at the Harbor House Inn - owned by one of her co-workers at school (lucky, I tell you - lucky lucky lucky and grateful for all of it!) The owner knew exactly where to send us to watch the sunset tonight (as we are here for just one night) and it could not have been more spectacular.

That I have such generous people in my life and that I was able to see this magical sunset is beyond my comprehension. My heart hurts from fullness - but in a good way. In a way that I know my cup is flowing over and I need to keep on giving wherever I can...

From here, we go back to BFS for a final lens fitting and then down to Rhode Island for some reading time (thanks to Jeannette!) in the old hammock until Pk comes back from Cape Cod and then we'll all do some canoing and marshmellow roasting. Then it's back up to Maine for a family reunion before we fly home.

I'll put the pictures up when I can!


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