I have created a tiny morning ritual. There is a coffee shop in the main lobby of the hospital that serves bulletproof coffee – my coffee of choice. I order a dark roast pour-over with brain octane and butter. The pour-over takes 5-8 minutes so during that time, I step outside and let the sun shine on my face and into the palms of my hands. For the last couple of mornings, I wished I had brought my sweater with me. Fall has come to Colorado.

This journey began in the heat of the August summer and now it is Fall. How did this time pass…

I was thinking about how long it has been since I wrote an update. I realized two things… my sense of time is a bit altered right now … and writing these updates causes me to think – and feel – about what is happening in our lives right now.

I visited two facilities today, one of which will be the next place of restoration and renewal for us. This next place will bring PenDell from fully dependent to mostly independent.

Every step along the way causes me to make decisions for him that are huge and life-changing. I am humbled and honored to be responsible to do this for him until he can for himself and with me once again.

To those of you who call and I don’t return your call, who text and I don’t text back, who send emails and I don’t reply, who are praying and keeping vigil, who have made contributions in so many ways… Please know that when I don’t return your call, your text, your email it isn’t because I haven’t read, noticed or received it…

This journey is a powerful lesson in surrender, acceptance, patience, forgiveness and receiving, receiving, receiving <3

I am eternally grateful – deeply and profoundly grateful.

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” ~ Maya Angelou

PenDell and I are so blessed and grateful – thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤️️