Hello everyone- mumsie reporting........
Caleb's spirits have lifted and so have ours....first things first tho-
Shaye had his final court date yesterday and fared pretty well. He will have to take one class in brain injury (which I believe he could teach by now) and has two years probation with no fines other than court costs. I am certain that he is breathing a sigh of relief and we are as well.
As I sit here watching Caleb shave aided by Kai's helpful instructions, I could almost feel as tho I am catching a glimpse of them as I walk past the bathroom door at home - there is just a normalcy to it. Last evening Kai and I sat across from one another at Paramount eating Talapia and Steak dinners and chatted about school and Lizzy and the road that we have been on as of late. There is a normalcy to it. Max is home, staking wood, feeding Spud and Kitty and has begun the tedious task of cleaning his room so that mom doesn't nag him when she gets home......normalcy.... and yes you caught it - I said home. The Potter/Lindsay household is happy to announce the return of Caleb Potter to Fleet town!
We will be arriving by mid November ..no exact date as of yet. According to the hospital, Caleb should be going to a nursing facility for this in-between step - but a whole lot of begging convinced them that he would fare better with us. ( We still have the option of going to the facility if it doesn't work out for us.)
I am pinching myself to check for signs of dreaming. Nope - I am awake.
It will be four and a half months since we have resided at the Wigwam down our little dirt road full of flowers, roosters, young men comin and goin and noisy dog. I am beside myself. Normalcy! Almost - but close enough - and that is where we are striving to go- Normalcy.
So things will different for us a bit at first -and for you too and we will have to all work together to do the best thing for Caleb. I have met with the hospital psychologist to determine a plan of action which we will all have to strictly adhere to - and I will fill you in on the game plan as we near out time. So put on a smile, put a skip in your stide, get your clean underwear out and make Kevin a rich man today - we are homeward bound. Love, mumsie
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On the fourth of July, 2007 Caleb Potter was involved in a skateboarding accident.
He suffered serious injuries and continues to need all of our positive thoughts and prayers.
This blog is to serve as a space for updates on Caleb's journey of recovery.
He suffered serious injuries and continues to need all of our positive thoughts and prayers.
This blog is to serve as a space for updates on Caleb's journey of recovery.
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In this season of giving thanks and celebrating family togetherness, I wish to extend a warm thank you to everyone who has been involved in a myriad of ways with my son, Caleb Potter, and his recovery. On July 4, he was involved in a skateboarding accident in our little hometown of Wellfleet on Cape Cod, that caused him serious injuries. He came home from Spaulding Rehab in Boston just before Thanksgiving. Through the blog we started:
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Sharyn L. Lindsay and family
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the Wellfleet community of support stretched far and wide across the country, and in fact, throughout parts of the world, with many people offering prayers and words of wisdom. We could not have come so far without this legion of support from all of you, in Wellfleet and beyond. We are sincerely grateful.
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77 comments:
SHARYN!!! CALEB!!! Eeeek! My smile is certainly reaching yours right now.. best news/blog yet!
Congrats, ready yourselves, you are famous all over The Cape, & will be showered in love, attention, and care for the rest of your lives, kinda like a normal day for any of you Lyndsy/Potter crew even before the accident, but now..
Shaye, I hope you are resting well inside yourself, & planning some type of surf travel in the near future.. treat yourself- you deserve it!
Love you all so much, we will be celebrating here for sure, drinks, jigs, and LOUD music! Sharyn, please play the pirate mix 4 Caleb today, it will make him laugh, and feel Yellowbeardy for sure!
XO!!!!!
sharyn your blog brought tears to my eyes!! such good news -- i am keeping my fingers, toes, etc., crossed for you all.
hi mumsie
I stooped by the Wigwam the other day and said hello to kitty and barking dog. Its like shangrala there.
Sorry I will miss you when you bring the pirate home as I am off to the west again. I saw Jan and send my love tru him to youuuuu.
An old friend
tim
Sharyn,
Great, wonderful, fantastic news on all fronts! Huzzah for "normalcy."
Love,
Paula, Chris, Casey, Abby
ps glad the law worked for Shaye the way it should have
The best news yet!
Great news all around. There will be lots of support at home for you- personal and professional. Careful discharge planning is important to give you the structure you need to keep moving forward . Know you will not be locked into anything- changes can be made at all times. This is something I have worked at and am here if I can be of use. Caleb- keep up the great work while you have all those folks right there. When you all get home just let us know how we can be most helpful....Of course a party might not be what you have in mind but is happening in my heart...with joy.
Hey crazy lady,
Glad to hear that you've got an extra step in your stride. Heres to time served at the hospital. Welcome back to normalcy(as normal as you can be). Tell the lad keep it up. Soon enough we will be sitting around the Codder Pound dinner table telling stories about the time we watched the lad grow up again. Keep the smile going old lady.
Much Love
Judith
this is such great news! i'm so happy for caleb and your family, you deserve it!
YAY!!! :) I'm so glad to hear all of the good news.
Shaye...I am so happy for you, and am glad that you obtained such a minimal sentence. You deserve nothing but the best. You have been wonderful through all of this. :)
And Sharyn,
A couple of times this week, I had conversations about Caleb and yourself with a few locals, and the VISITOR SCITUATION, and I agree with what you had mentioned the other day...I know that I am a couple of blogs late with my opinion, but I guess that I felt the need to speak up. I think that it is wonderful that you limited the visits for the Lad. And, you know what? If anyone is upset by that, then they are being selfish and putting themselves first over Caleb. There are a VERY select few people(Family,Life-Long Friends, and Jennie) that should be allowed up to Boston. Caleb is in a delecate state, and needs to be thought of 1st over anyone else and anyone else's feelings. Please, don't feel bad about what you have decided. Like my Caleb and I, for example....I would LOVE to visit with Caleb, but I fully understand that there are people that SHOULD be there over me any day of the week. I think that Caleb's scituation has become a popularity contest, and everyone wants to be the one to SAY that they got to go see Caleb...Caleb's health should be a #1 priority...Not everyone's popularity. Sorry if I offend anyone here on the blog, it just seems like that is what Caleb's visits have turned into partially.
Last night I was talking to a GOOD FRIEND in the Bombie about Caleb, and I CRYED for the first time since Caleb was hurt. I was thinking about how sad it is that such a VIBRANT person in left in a bed at Spaulding. I felt like such a little 3 yr. old weeping like a baby, but it's just so sad. Caleb is wonderful, and will come back in full forse eventually, but for now I hate think of him being there. I, in fact, don't actually know Caleb THAT well, but since he is my Hubby's best friend, I have grown to know and LOVE and ADORE him, and just can't wait until he returns. I am so unbelievably happy that you will have him home, and will retain your normalcy once again. You and "The Boys" must be stoked?!?!?!?!!!!
Thanks for listening to me ramble...lol ;) Love you LADY!!! Talk soon hopefully!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
~Nicole Miner
I am joyous at your news.
Mom in CT
Sharyn, I cannot tell you how happy your post made me, a total stranger! The hair on the back of my neck stood up when reading that you and Caleb will be home by Thanksgiving. Nothing is better than Thanksgiving on the Cape (we come every year).
And Nicole, thanks for explaining what all the controversy was about. I guess it was not about the blog, but about pettiness and jealousy. How sad that human beings end up being selfish, even when their intentions are the best.
As for Shaye, I don't know you either, but I am glad that the law had compassion in how you were treated.
Amy
GREAT NEWS for both Shaye and Caleb!We're dancing on air with you.
Carol O
Yeah for Shaye, Yeah for The Potter/Lindsey Clan!
Nicole I love your post, your honesty speaks volumes.
NOBODY should be offended now or when Caleb comes home. He is the #1 priorty in this situation and anyone who doesn't understand that isn't truly a pirate's friend.
Sharyn, a schedule will be made for you by the staff i'm sure and I know you will want to stick to it.
Saying no might be tough for you at first, but you have your "cub" to think of.
I am so pleased for you and coming home will probably be the best thing for all of you. It will be tough for Caleb at first because he won't truly have "normal" till he is back at home living with Jennie.
Stay strong, and be happy.
J
Dear Sharyn, Oh, the power of prayer!!! The ship is motoring into port. Respect is needed now while you lay anchor and tie up to the dock. Know prayers are still floating around you and your whole family. Shaye, you are also included in my thoughts and prayers daily. How do you spell RELIEF? Love, Susie S
Sharyn! Great News!! I will keep Caleb in my thoughts and prayers that the transition goes smoothly. Caleb has come a long way since my family noticed the signs all over Wellfleet. Maybe some day when we visit Wellfleet again we will meet this incredible person.
Peggy from
Western MA
Chills down the spine....that what I got reading the good news about Shaye and Caleb. The collective spirit of healing rules!!!!
Potter/Lindsay and 'fleet families you must be absolutely thrilled. I am and I'm just a distant blog vistor.
SO when I am skipping down the aisle of the grocery store today I have another reason other than I like the music.
Cheers
Sharyn,
Does this news mean I have to check customers for clean underwear now? OMG, ID's are bad enough! Will I need a bouncer do you think???
GREAT - GREAT NEWS!! Shaye and Caleb - It gives me goose bumps! Not hives again thank God!
See you SOON....
Kevin
WOW! Fantastic news! It must all seem so surreal - you're very lucky to have such a posse of friends waiting to welcome you home.. a real testament to "what goes around comes around"...
Ahhh!! Back to the Wigwam!! It's super to hear such great news. Before we built, across the road, we were in our teepee in early 1950's(our old navy tent). And, I have found the 'hole' of the original 'outerreach'. Hugs, Love and God Bless. Natale & Peter
The word NORMAL never enters my mind when I think of all of you. . .It's more like EXCELSIOR.
xoxooooooooh yeah,settie
yeah!!!!!!!!!!!! on all the good news. And kevin checking for clean underwear, will that help or hurt business????????? I for one will not be checking at work, you know diapers an all.. cjr
Hurray!
You've made my heart sing today!
Wellfleet will be exponentially richer for your return, and I have the strongest feeling that Caleb will soar when in a familiar place, surrounded by familiar faces.
Love to you,
susan
What amazing news -- it is wonderful to feel such powerful joy for people our family has yet to meet face-to-face. My little girls have been saying a prayer with us for "Caleb and Shaye and Sharyn" and friends since July; it is how we send our energy to you all. We are so happy that this love and strength from all friends, family and bloggers is finding you, and helping you find your way home. I am sure we will feel the celebration down here in CT the day Wellfleet welcomes home its pirate :).
Let me say to all that of Caleb's friends that you are amazing and inspiring. I too am lucky to be surrounded by true friends and I know how this carries you through. The bonds you share come through to those of us reading on the outside. Thank you for your example.
Sharyn I hope to meet you some day so I can buy you any drink you like and toast to you; you're a wonder. Years from now I hope you realize how many people you've reached on this blog, and we're all the better for it.
I would also gladly buy Nicole Miner a drink too! We've never met, and I'm sure I'm older than you, but I think you are something else, from one happy wife/mom to another!
So happy for you ALL in the Potter/Lindsay/Wellfleet clan. Lisa K.
Excellent news mumsie. Its the way forward for you all. Love, hope, faith, friendship and damned hard work from you all have made this happen. The best news!!!
Ali Manchester UK
Absolutely wonderful - there goes the tears again. Caleb and crew coming home, Shaye going to be OK. And thank you Nicole, you are so right - nothing nothing else matters except the right course of action for Caleb. All of us that have followed this incredible journey can sit back, wait, and when the time is right, be able to meet, hug, kiss, Caleb, Sharyn and anyone else who wants it!
Love, from a newish wannabe Fleetian.
YIPPEEE,YIPPEEE,AAAARGH!!!
the words of "normalcy" are making me smile, cry, laugh, and my heart is beating with happyness faster than it should...
so joyous that you are coming HOME!!!!
hope the flock of people coming for the return of Caleb (known and unknown) don't sink our little island!!!
p.s. to kevin s
think you should start a promotional thing and give away a nice bottle of vino to the person that comes in with the cleaniest underwear!!! miss you all.
Dear Sharyn and family,
This will surely be the most memorable,most great and most festive Thanksgiving EVER! My heart is filled with joy for you all.
Love and the best of wishes,
Penny on St.John
I can't help but let tears stream down my face as I read your blog. I had heard a rumor but dared not believe for fear it would not be true. My birthday is on the 7th and this is certainly the best present a girl could ask for. The Von Potter/Lindsay clan belongs in Fleet with Caleb on a meaningful and steady mend. I am so glad to hear what you are all prepared to undertake for it will not be any less daunting then some previous nights and even when you are filled with worry and fear we are all right here at your finger tips until the day you wont need us because Caleb will be so strong, healthy, and normal he will tell us all to get are acts together and go have fun!!! Can't wait for when I can see him at a jag then I'll know our Caleb is really back!!. I am so filled with joy I can't even contain it as it shines in a permagrin that I am sure I wont ever wipe off. Thank you Sharyn for such great news and all of you as you work through what comes remember what you have been through, what you can do, and that you are never alone and always have good thoughts coming your way.
There is no denying how you have all touched each one of us in our own way. That some of us were already changed by the Potter/Lindsay clan before and were never aware until days like these when you know how much they have really changed anyone who ever knows them or knows about them.
I can now start to see the gray clouds fade to blue skies what a day it will be.
I will continue praying for you all and to lend my arms and ears for as long as they are needed. With lots and lots of love, lipstick kisses and more hugs than I think I know how to give for all.
Love Rachael
P.s. Great job Caleb I always had faith you could heal and you would still be you, you are almost done and don't forget you are you and you can do anything. As I continue healing I will know in some way you are almost there as well. All the pirate flags from sea to sea are just for you, remember that.
P.s You will be lucky if we don't line the streets to your house with all of us. he he
Excellent news- very happy to hear that Shaye and Caleb are moving toward normalcy.
Who would ever think that the word "normal" could sound so good! I am thrilled for all of you; I am sure at times you felt this day would never come....now a few short weeks away. The power of love, of family, of friendship, and of community has proved stronger than the worst that one could imagine. Imagine if all the world turned their hearts to harness this same power to heal.....what a concept....
As always, with hope,
peg from PA
Sharyn, Caleb & Shaye,
November is the month for Thanks--------need I say more!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome home Margie
Great news for Caleb, Shaye and everyone! Your post just made my day. We had the best time in Wellfleet last weekend and thought of you often. Know that you were missed and I am sure your return will be celebrated not only by those in Wellfleet but by all.
Lots of love,
Kim Harris & Tom
Sharyn, Omigod...the blog entry we all have been waiting for !
Caleb, after all these many weeks of following your progress through your mom's reporting, your return home is finally on the agenda. That will be one happy day on Main Street !
And congratulations to Shaye...who has always had the community behind him.
Gail
This is the best news ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just did a laundry and am ecstatic about the great report for Caleb and Shaye and their families of friends.....there can be a pot at the end of the rainbow....Judi/St.Paul
YIPPEE!!!! It really is true - no matter where you are now, everyone finds their way home to the Cod for Thanksgiving. What a day for giving thanks it will be this year! I imagine Caleb's healing and relearning will come in leaps and bounds once he's HOME.
Much love to Caleb, Shaye, Sharyn and all the von Potters and Fleetian pirates.
Yeah!!!! love, jodi
Shayne, I am so happy for you. Sharyn and Caleb and the entire family, this is wonderful news. i am so happy for all of you!!!
Hi Sharyn, Caleb and all the family & friends,
What WONDERFUL news all around.....
This will be a THE Thanksgiving Day for you all. We are sooooo happy for you.
We look forward to seeing you home and real soon!
The Young Family
sharyn,can you say what kai has decided?see you soon luv timmy
sharyn caleb and family,
OMG....WOOHOOO deep breath our all of our prayer have been answered THANK GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish I was there OMG this is wonderful news
Thank God for Shaye (and family) this was not his fault....two guys hanging out and something went wrong.......Maybe this will open up the eyes to our youth.....had a "boy" play football without a helmet......got hurt, got scared (we were more scared) didn't know his name address etc......thank God he is fine....and LEARNED
God bless Caleb, keep on keeping on
PEACE AND LOVE I NEED AN OYSTER !!!!!!!!!!
This is incredible! Can you believe it?! YESSSSSS! I think we might need an hourly-run of a shuttle bus to and from your house during visiting hours, unless you want to make some more space for all of us...?
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
...and then Dorothy clicked her red ruby heels together and said, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home..." and Sharyn licked her red ruby lips together and repeated, "there's no place like home, there's no place like home..." Congratulations to you all for the great, heartwarming news.
Caleb, keep on ridin' that wave, all the way home.
Peace to you all tonight... (which means you probably shouldn't watch the Red Sox, too much adjada...)
Audrey
Sharyn, Jennie & the rest of the guest bloggers, Thank you so very much for sharing your unique stories, fears, elations and deeply personal moments with all of us in stranger-land. For the past 100+ days we've all been "checking in" on Caleb with the hope that some day soon we would read today's post. Thanks to mumsie & family, lots of prayers, great doctors & nurses and tons of positive thoughts Caleb's going home! I'm sure one lungful of Wellfleet's salty air will do wonders for his recovery.
Prayers of Thanksgiving!
Joy, peace and love to all!
Home. Before you know it...
THE VERY BEST!!!!!! love, Andrea
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL- I'm so relieved for you- breath out... ahhhhh....
Two roads divergeed in a wood,
and I-
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.
I look foward to seeing you all down your less traveled road,
Marilyn
Sharyn, My name is Lynn Ohrn. I live in Hyannis and I am also here at Mass General with my son Seth. Seth arrived the morning of Oct 7th suffering skull fractures from a skateboarding fall. He spent 4 days in neuro ICU and now we are on Ellison room 1212. Not sure if you are here also. I asked the nurses, but they won't say. Seth was/is very lucky all things considered. He's alive. It's been a two weeks of one step forward and two backwards. He suffered a fracture to the back of his skull and a severe fracture by his right temporal lobe just missing his cortoid artery. He has lost his hearing in his right ear permanently. The past two days have turned around for Seth and he has stopped leaking CSF fluid from his ear and nose. We're hoping they'll let us go home tomorrow or Monday. You're both in my thoughts.
my email lmospo@hotmail.com
It's Lynn again. In looking at Caleb's picture and reading your blogs, there are many similarities between the two of them. Seth is 20; he spent the summer fishing out of Chatham harbor on the Constance Sea, he loves skateboarding, the ocean, and he loves people. He seems like the same kind of "soul" as Caleb.
How you have done this since January I don't know? Two weeks of beeping i.v.s, hissing air boots, the whirring of the oxygen mask, puking after CAT Scans, watching the iv nurse try to find a vein that hasn't collapsed from overuse,trying to keep everything quiet just so he can sleep (the list goes on)- changes your perspective of the world and the person you are.
I say I hope we go home tomorrow or Monday, but also feel guilty. You've been longer, you should be going home first. I told Seth we have a responsbility to do great things now, what those things are we'll figure out.
Peace & Love, Anything you need.
Lynn Ohrn
We are all so happy to hear this news! This is the blog entry we've been waiting for! Tossing all of our underwear into the washer and wishing you the best...
Jerry G and family
p.s. to Lynn O - best wishes and prayers for Seth's recovery also.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my god, I am so happy for you and everyone!!!!! So much good news!!! I knew all that good karma was going to come back to Caleb sooner or later. You are all so blessed.
love,
Mia
It is so difficult to put to words the feeling of reading todays post...
Stevie Wonder singing "Overjoyed" scratches the surface.
I keep thinking of the early days when you said you were putting Caleb's feet in a bucket of Wellfleet sand....and now, very soon, he'll be able to put his feet right on the beach!
"Overjoyed!!!"- for all of Caleb's miraculous and relentless supporters...
"Overjoyed!!!"- for Sharyn, that you get to go home and will have more direct support from your remarkable tribe...which you so richly deserve for your diligent care. Care that was delivered to Caleb, all your friends and family, and all of us bloggers with such steadfast dignity and grace.
"Overjoyed!!!"- for Shaye, because there was just no need for more injustice.
So very "Overjoyed!!!" for Caleb, you are an inspiration to so many for your courage, your kindness, your humor, and your strength, all of which seem limitless.
Overjoyed...
when caleb comes marching home again hurah hurah...
when caleb comes marching home again hurah hurah
when caleb comes marching home again, he'll bring his family along with him & the whole town'll be happy... happy once again.
peace to the von potter/lindsay's & shaye
BIG smile!
can't wait to see you all again! (i'll wait my turn)
sweetest news i've heard in months.
xoxooxoxoxoxoxoxox
Lynn (Seth's mother), just wanted to know your story didn't get lost in the mix of all the happy posts for Caleb. Caleb has been in the hospital since July 4, not January, so do not fear that your son will be hospitalized for 10 months. It has been almost four months for Caleb and his family, long enough, but not ten.
Also, I hope that your community has a way it can reach you as Caleb's community has been able to reach out to him, in part through this blog. Best of luck to Seth and to you, and let us know how is he doing.
Yes it is the sweeteset news.
Red lipstick, clean underwear
ad the Yellowbeard brick road back home...........
xoxoxoxo kolleen
well done, well done my bro... can't wait to drum with you again! lil' fleet will get bigger with you in it again...love you. LB
And to Lynn and Seth--best of luck with your journey too, from a summer Wellfleetian physically and a mental/emotional Wellfleetian year around....you have picked a great group to identify with...
EXCELLENT NEWS!! When I envisioned Caleb coming home, I have to admit that my first thought was a ticker tape parade type show. All of us lining the sides of your road and cheering as you drive back to your nest. After thinking about this some more I realized that my fairy tale ending would probably not be the best thing for Caleb and his need for quiet healing time.
Sharyn-Do not feel that you must put on the Caleb "Von" Potter's Day parade. I think we all have to keep in mind that things will be different than they were pre-July 4th. Caleb is coming home, but he will probably not be Jigging, hanging on the bench, driving around town, stopping at the Bomb for a pint, or working his grant. Let's remember that he was in a serious accident and his recovery is FAR from over. I hate to be such a wet rag on the party, I just think we need to remember that Caleb is NOT going to walk out of the hospital the same man he was on the morning of July 4th and that we all need to repect his need for privacy.
Sending Peace and Positive thoughts.
must be on the wrong blog here; was that headline "normal"? i guess your "a" and "b" keys must be malfunctioning... psyched to hear all the great news all around, eaagerly awaiting your return to the compound and the ABnormality. Caleb back in town for thanxgiving?! remember last year when we scrambled the ENTIRE WFD with our little chimmeneya fire?
I'm smiling with tears in my eyes!!! My best to all of you. NORMALCY can be such a beautiful thing !!!.
Love Eva
yesterday was my birthday - and that is by far the BEST present i got :)
thank you!!!!
Dear Sharyn, The entire Wellfleet Fire Department was at your house last Thanksgiving? Now that's a story for the grandchildren! I am so happy to hear your good news and you are exactly right, Caleb will do much better at home than he would anywhere else. Can't wait to see his smiling face and of course yours too! Love, Susanna
I agree w/ anonymous four posts up....this is excellent news but must be tempered with reality. Caleb is coming home to continue his healing process and that will require a somewhat more tranquil environment than is usual at the his nest down the little dirt road. He still has much work to do to regain his independence and will still need everyone's positive energy, love, patience,and forbearance. We will have to curb our exuberance and desire to see our beloved pirate. I look forward to the blog entries from home, and following Caleb's progress from a respectful distance.
As always, with hope,
peg from PA
Pirate privacy is a must! Sharyn has always been good at setting her limits/boundries, and will without a doubt do so I am sure. Celebration is good, but should be done so in our hearts, with friends, and when the family is ready to involve everyone there in Wellfleet it will be a blast. I sure hope Caleb's homecoming will be respected along with his transition, and need for time to heal, reflect, and take all this in. Of course everyone is anxious to see Caleb and the family, but I pray it doesn't turn out to be a competitive thing.. Caleb has always been one to enjoy his privacy wether it be a walk in the woods, home time, or escaping to a special place. I certainly don't mean to sound pessimistic regarding Caleb being home, I just want the best for the family after all they have been through. My heart is rejoicing just picturing them outta Boston and back to their roots!!! I love you guys so much!
Xo.. Clance
Wee-hoooooooo! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Home, sweet, home. I am so happy for Caleb, for Mum Sharyn, for everyone who loves Caleb.....
With love and joy,
Pam in VT
Dear Sharyn,
I am so sorry I missed you this morning. Words can't express my gratitude for you taking the time to come by Ellison and visit Seth & I. Unfortunately, I appeared after you vanished. I tried to find you to give you a hug. Thanks so much for the gift and kind thoughts. Caleb and you are now in Seth and my prayers. I know we will cross paths again.
We are home and Caleb will be soon.
Peace & Love,
Lynn & Seth Ohrn
Seth and Lynn you are on my healing thoughts / prayer list. (there is plenty to go around)
Peace and health to you Seth
Sharyn and Caleb!!! I thought he would be released soon! That is really, really great news! Congratulations! HOME! What a comforting word. Our prayers have been answered. Love ya much, Sue
Sharyn -
Wonderful news for Caleb, the Potter family and Shayne! I am so glad for this particular outcome. It will be good to see you all back in Wellfleet.
Best to all of you. Sylvia
(PS the WPD needs to work on their compassion component)
Oh, mumsie, I am smiling through my tears. Whatever needs to be done, we will help you and that can even mean keeping our distance until you and Caleb are ready. Wellfleet will be absolutely the best medicine for all of you. Keep the Faith! (It worked for the Red Sox!)
Once again I'm a little late to the party- this is great news! Caleb and everybody, I'm so glad to hear that you'll be coming home! What a big step in the road that you're on, that you've worked so hard and brought the strength of so many people together to get to this point. Keep on going!
Love, Neil and Carrie and Satchel
give em hell ya ol boy
My Dear Sharyn,
There are not words in the English language to adeqautely express the joy I feel in my heart for you all at this very moment! Joy, for hearing the words...."going home", after all the blood, sweat and tears.
Caleb's journey to wellness is ongoing, and the spirit which has brought him through this far, will take him the rest of the way "home". Encouragement, compassion, patience, goodness will need to continue to be the order of the day, for all concerned. If "normalcy" means "balance", then that's a good thing. After soo much has happened, one looks for normalcy....but the Von Potter/Lindsay Clan is anything, but. You are looking for that essense that will take you to a "new" place, and allow you all to find that new balance...normalcy, for your fleetian wigwam.
What I am trying to say, is that the sense of community that has been here with and/for you Sharyn, Caleb, Jan, Kai, Max, Jennie, Timilah... will not disappear come the middle of November. We will continue to hold you all in Light and Love and harness all the good will, Grace, strength and hope for Caleb's continued recovery.
Caleb, you are so loved, and have such an extraordinary cast of characters, you call family, you are truly Blessed. I do believe that ones recovery can be measured by how "present" (near and far) ones loved ones are during that recovery, and you and your family have come together, even when it was trying and difficult, energy was mustered from way deep down to step ahead and rally together. It has been a beautiful thing to see.
Please know that we continue to hold you, sending you healing thoughts and prayers daily for your continuing recovery.
And to Seth, and his mom, Lynn, please know that prayers of healing, hope, and encouragement go out to you as you travel this path to healing.
In this time of Thanksgiving, this is truly something to give thanks for, a time to remember all those who are still trying to find their way through the maze we call health care. We hold them as well this day!
Blessings this night,..."And Grace will take you home".
IN Love and Gratitude,
Melinda
home...what a wonderful place :)
I was so happy to see this morning in the paper that shaye made out well - and even happier to see that Calebs homecoming is within site!
Sue
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