3 WEEKS LATERI leave Valley Nursing Home today, and I have mixed feelings. I’ll miss the people who took care of me. Dan especially. During my darkest moments he was there to remind me I have a new chance with my kids, and a life I thought I’d lost. I have a lot of work to do on myself, but I look forward to it, and to the happiness it will bring me in the years to come. But it’s right now that matters. My son is waiting for me at the front door as Dan rolls me up in my wheelchair. I could’ve walked, but rules are rules. I hand Ted the duffle bag full of my belongings as we come to his parked car out front.
Dan sets the brake and I get up. We’ve exchanged our contact information back in my room, promising to stay in touch, but we both know we’ll be moving on. We look at each other a momen
