Many thanks for the pings, cards and calls to Julia. Her neurologist and opthalmalogist are both "amazed" at her recovery. After an unexpected three days flat on her back at home required to heal her still-leaking spinal tap puncture, she returned to school. She's still seeing double, and will be for awhile. Two Hannahs, two Loises, two Rachels ---- omigosh, frightening!
I used to love to read scary novels. I had to finish The Shining on my Remco lunch breaks - couldn't read it at night. Cujo reinforced every feeling I ever had about dogs. And The Stand - I even devoured the 25% longer uncut version. Twice.
Never know what you might jump out at you at Costco....
Now the too-friendly stranger in a parking lot frightens me more than a smeared REDRUM. Rabid clerics chill my blood, not rabid dogs. And a spectral virus decimating the world holds no importance compared to the one that crawled up my child's spine.
In Stephen King's introduction to Danse Macabre, he said people asked him, "How can you write this stuff?' And his reply was, "How can you read it?"
I think I would answer, "Because it's not as scary as the world we live in."
Posted at 06:43 pm by beckyww
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Kaitlin
October 4, 2007 12:30 PM PDT
Hi! I'm telling you the same thing I told SJD, I got caught up on your blog and can't believe how much your girls have grown ... they're beautiful! I hope little Julia is feeling better, I'm sure seeing one of your babies in a hospital bed is tough. Thank goodness she has the Woodworth's to go home too! |
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Laurel
October 4, 2007 08:12 AM PDT
Continued prayers for Julia & the whole family! I'm with Lisa...I HATE halloween with a passion! (sorry for those of you who love it!) Hope Julia is able to go out & be a CUTE trick or treater!
Always was a Stephen King fan tho! He looked JUST LIKE my senior year HS math teacher!!! SCARY! |
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ChinchillaBoy
October 1, 2007 11:53 AM PDT
Ah, the horror stories - the glove filled with ice and bran in the closet - all those things we used as kids to scare one another....giggling and laughing the whole way through.
Even more frightening.
Hillary may win.
And THAT is a scary thought.
Happy Halloween.
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lisa
October 1, 2007 06:55 AM PDT
hate, hate, hate halloween....we can go right to christmas for all I care |
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rach
September 30, 2007 06:15 PM PDT
i love her reagan shirt.
its kinda sexy.
do you know where i could get one? |
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kate
September 30, 2007 10:12 AM PDT
Ugh! I had a spinal tap (in the UK in Dickensian conditions...) and it took me a WEEK flat on my back to stop leaking spinal fluid. They told me to lie flat and force caffeine. Yeah. Not the best combination...
Glad J has bounced back! How long do you expect the double vision to last? Any idea where she picked up this bug?
Praying!
Love. |
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andrea
September 30, 2007 08:41 AM PDT
Well said |
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sharon
September 30, 2007 07:26 AM PDT
Scary is right. I'm so much more afraid of Halloween and what's in the treat bag than I ever was as a child ;-) |
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