wrapping up

this is pete's last week at home full-time. he is set to go back to work a week from tomorrow. i am still loving to have him home and will be sad to have him gone, but i know he is anxious to return to his old life and schedule. having him home for so long has been a vital part to his physical healing and my emotional healing; we are both in a really good place now.

our lives have been changed from this incident, and while we attempt to return to our "normal" life and schedule it will never be "normal" again. we have learned too many things from this to ever be exactly the same again. i'm certain we would both choose the changed version of us. many of the lessons i have shared here and many i haven't. over this next week i will attempt to share a few more in this space. we are all feeling a healthy slipping away of pete's incident, but i'm sure the impact of it will always be so intertwined with so much of what we do and feel that the writing about it will never stop completely. after pete's monumental return to work i think it will be time for my focus to shift a little. my writing here will begin to focus more on all the baby nesting going on around here and about two little boys who are growing and changing so very fast right before our very eyes.

all of you have been so supportive of our family during all of this, and there's no way for us to fully express our gratitude. i know many of you have been changed and impacted from this as well. at the end of this week i have a special plan for you all to share some of those changes and a great big attempt to say thank you. please check back next sunday for more details.