the kinks

so tired...(you know the song......)

infusion tomorrow..yay..

....here's a brilliantly glittering gem that shines through the morass of 2010 for David and me:

..as you probably know, my "twelve days of Christmas" were mostly spent in MGH either as a frequent visitor, or, from christmas Eve until the following Tuesday night, as a patient in residence...

on December 26th and 27th, Boston was hit with a massive snow storm..

since David was staying with me at MGH, our house was buried.. When David went home on the 27th to feed the dogs and shower, he was exhausted from lack of sleep and concern over my problems..

never-the-less, he was resolved to shovel the driveway, walkway and steps in hopes of my (as of that time, unscheduled) homecoming..

the snowfall was in the neighborhood of 18" but when David arrived home that day, the driveway, walkway and steps to our house had been shoveled  shoveled and cleared..

my husband literally wept with gratitude and surprise as he pulled the car into the driveway..

.... our emotions are pretty tweaked these days..

over the next few days, we discovered that our neighbors had jointly participated in this task..

David and I may have missed Christmas at home, but this gift is very likely the best Christmas present we could have ever hoped to receive..

Thank you to all our good neighbor friends..you are so much appreciated in this time of stress and confusion..

We don't really know each other very well, but the goodness of your deed shines like a beacon in the night....

thank you