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Lest I Forget (6)
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Because of that and the fact that he seemed to be loving it, I stayed in the pool with him and let him splash around. All he did was kick and wave his arms around in the water, but he laughed the entire time. Kallie walked over after a minute or two and held her arms out to me, so I got up on the pool steps and got her under an arm. She didn’t do much once she was in the water, though. She’s never really liked it much.
Ever since then, Charlie had adored the water. Every time we went to Bette and Tina’s, the kid would point at the pool and pout if no one let him go in. As he got older, he’d started going to swimming lessons, and advanced through those pretty quickly. We’d take him to the public pool and the pool at the club all the time, and when no one was using it at CU, Bette managed to somehow get permission for us to use it. Charlie had started smelling like chlorine a lot of the time as a kid since he was always in the damn pool. When he got older, that’s where he always was when we couldn’t find him.
I guess it depressed me a little bit. I’d promised Alice I wouldn’t push him into tennis, even though he showed a lot of athletic promise at a very young age. Of course, I tried. I hate admitting that, but I guess I wanted him to play. He was good, too. I think he could have been great, if he’s only liked it. Sadly, he hated it. I still made him go to lessons at the country club, hoping he might grow into it, but he never did. All he ever wanted to do was swim. Well, after he first saw a man doing twists off a diving board, it changed to diving. And he was great at that, too.
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I’d been thinking about my son for a while. Shane and Charlie had stopped talking, and I could hear the TV going softly in the background. I don’t know how much time passed between closing my eyes and hearing Kallie in the room, but it couldn’t have been too long. I kept my eyes closed, not having the energy to tell her anything or to see the fear and sadness on her face. Charlie and Shane told her what was going on, though, so I didn’t have to.
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I am 5 years post stroke and still have a long way to go. It’s awful for an active person to be so stricken
Okay can I just say that I’m sending you millions of virtual bear hugs right now? I’m so very sorry. *hugs you*
Hey, i totally love this story it’s really cute and lovely and so well written and I just *sighs* I totally heart Danish. D was really cute going on about her son’s love of swimming and how much he was like A, I love the way the kids are like mini versions of them. Awwww at the Leisha and Erin thing, you must tell me more =) and thanks so much for posting again. YOU ROCK!
I’m so happy you posted again. I missed his. Thank you for a wonderful chapter. And I’m with Loved_up, you must ell us more about Erin and Leisha ;) thanks again
that was so tragically beautiful. have i mentioned within the past week how glad i am to have you back in this hemisphere? cant wait to hear all about it.
I am grateful that you even posted on the road. That was very generous of you since we all have been waiting for this story to continue. God, that D was one stubborn goat and would never change. I am now worried her like the children that she would get sick too. That would not be good. I totally love that Charlie now maybe because he resembled and behaved like A. Ever so loving and loyal to his mothers. So the klutzy D started Charlie swimming, that was funny. Pardon my stupidity, was Howie the donor after all? If so, how come they never told him before? That would be another 5 years worth of therapy. Lots of subtle and not so subtle humor in this chapter, such as S spitting her coffee; “spot on the wall looked like Alice to me”; Charlie smelling like chorine; “the consent form written in gibberish.” Great news about A, I couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait till the next post. Hope you find your way back home safely. Thanks MT.
Yay, you’re back and you’re posting again. :) If I were Dana I would have stayed at the hospital too. It’s kind of sad to read about their last days together (probably) and that they are not able to communicate during these days since Al is in a coma. :( I agree with Loved_up, I totally love the fact that Charlie abd Kallie are miniversions of Dana and Alice.:D
This is great and I love that Charlie is like Alice…AWWW So cute!Great Update!!! I would love a full overview of the convention!!!
Thanks so much for the new post, MT! Sorry to hear about your travel woes. Hopefully you can get back on your way soon. I also want to hear more about the Erin/Leisha interaction. ;-D This was another great chapter! I look forward to hearing more about Kallie and Charlie — sounds like there are some good stories there. Poor Dana. I hope she gets some rest. I wish she had gone to the hotel. You are starting to give me hope that Alice will make it through this illness. Is it just wishful thinking on my part?