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.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Like old friends, indeed, we here on this blog connect in joy and in sorrow....These kind gifts filled with your words sustain me and keep me centered throughout the day and the wisps of musings come to me in the night to cradle and to rock me into the dawn's new light.
I feel comforted by all...and by knowing that there is nothing more powerful than a mother's prayer!

If we only allow ourselves to breathe through it ..the next day usually turns out to be a better one, and so it was with today. I refuse to live a boring, airless life...and Caleb, who taught me that long ago, is still teaching. I will say "Have a nice rest" and he will reply "Have fun". I will say "I'll be in the kitchen doing paperwork" and he will respond "Have a good time" I will say "Goodnight and sleep tight" and he will always wait till I am almost out the door and he will echo "Thank you".
Somhow I knew if I stood in the summer wind and watched the summer moon rise, things would shift.

There seems to be a bit of stardust in that boy of mine!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Last night a powerful thunderstorm rolled through Upper Bucks County. The lightning sliced the sky with a startling crackle, the thunder crashed, echoing angrily from one side of the horizon to the other as the wind blew, bending trees to the snapping point.....it was unsettling, and not a little frightening in it's intensity, especially after a day in which a languid overheated calm had descended on us like a woolen blanket, wilting leaves and sapping energy. I found myself counting the seconds off between the lightening and the thunder as I did when I was a child hiding under the blankets.....

But the storm blew over as they always do and left in it's wake a fabulous rainbow, an arc to be seen from one end to the other with a very faint second arc just above. What a wondrous sight! How the world can go from being a frightfully dark place to one of light and color and peace in such a short space of time....the birds sang with joy, and I ran in the yard, laughing and singing ding dong the witch is dead....and so goes life, the bitter with the sweet.
Rest well tonight , Sharyn. Tomorrow is bound to bring yet another daring adventure!
As always, with peace,
peg from PA

Anonymous said...

PS I will be in Wellfleet this weekend until Tuesday, maybe I will bump in to you to grab a hug and a quick hello....hope so!
peg

Amy said...

Ah, Sharyn, always good to be uplifted by you. If our words have helped at times to uplift you, your words have even more often uplifted all of us. Caleb makes me smile.

What a scorcher today was! I hope you all found ways to stay cool. Even Wellfleet was hot today.

Amy from western MA

janet said...

...stardust and moon beams, too. Some of Peg's thunder is rumbling in the distance here. Welcome rain! We're just home from the Parkington sisters' concert at the tent at Mayo beach...where I was enchanted by their beautiful music riding on the breezes. I loved their songs at Caleb's fundraiser concert last year, and this time was even better with all five sisters there, and each parent joining in for a song. Their song "Home" always makes me think of Caleb and of you, Sharyn. So glad you're both home this year!
janet

Kevin Scalley said...

Sharyn,

Keep writing!

Thank you!


kevin

amy in ct said...

sharyn
your posts seem like the waves on the shore... up and down... rushing in and pulling away.... i love the ocean and being near it, as you all do.

i am glad that the tide of emotion has turned again for you to a brighter lighter side.

when you write of the things that hurt you, it hurts me too. when you write of the times of struggle i feel your struggle and want to be there to give you a hug and help you get thru it all. when you write of the beautiful tender times i smile with tears in my eyes for you.

this blog thing works wonders for the soul, doesnt it :)
caleb is a miracle.. your miracle...
you are doing a WONDERFUL job and so is he.
peace to you
amy in ct

becky said...

Sharyn,
Just want you to know that your family is still in my daily thoughts and prayers! Thank you again for allowing me to follow your journey and reminding me to cherish EVERY moment of the gift of being a Mom! Becky

jff said...

Sharyn,

I can't remember any time, even the seemingly good with no blips on the horizon, when there were not ups and downs being a mom, even of adult children. That is what tomorrows are for, for ourselves and our children. Motherhood is a blessing.

NY/Wellfleet Mom said...

Caught a glimpse of Caleb in town yesterday. He looked great! He has come so far in one short year, and he will continue to make miraculous and amazing progress.

Just keep doing what you're doing, Sharyn. You're a great mom.

NY/Wellfleet Mom

grace said...

Sharyn, it must be so hard the undetermined future for leb. If you get a chance this summer you should go on a ptown whalewatch at sunset time. Last nite althea(her birthday!,)Rosie and i set off to be utterly amazed by the 2,000 lb. creatures that hurl themselves out of the water to land belly up as they breach and arch their backs. It was an unbelievable sight to see. An awakening of the creative force that can be. Maybe we can go! Id love to have sm time with u.

Lisa K. said...

Dear Sharyn,

I am still beaming from our meeting the other day in Wellfleet; it was truly great to meet you and Caleb in person (not to mention that thorough delight, Kevin Scalley! :))As incredible as it is to read your words, it is even more potent to hear what you have to say now that we have met. I am so touched that you brought Caleb and yourself down in the middle of such a busy day to meet my family and me. It meant so much to all of us.

I have to tell you, just after we left you and Caleb, we went to Abiyoyo and bought a ridiculous amount of souvenirs so we could all remember the great day. Jenny bought a puppet of a dog, and named it "Sparkle" because "that's just what she looks like to me." Sharyn, you looked like Sparkle should be your name as well. The way you tackle life continues to motivate me -- thanks for everything!!! Lisa K.

Jeff- in the Berkshires said...

Continue to breath through it.

If we allow it, each day promises to be different than the last.

What is absolutely wonderful is how you are letting Caleb work though the pace of his recovery. Riding those sometimes difficult waves with kindness and love knowing that good days will follow bad ones and that the core that is Caleb will continue to come through and prevail. I say this is wonderful because I also know the patience this takes in not imposing expectations that are too early or counterproductive. It is not something automatic and not something that every parent could do or the path that every parent would chose to do.

The moon in the phase continues to be at its round smiling best. Continue to see our smiles and bright thoughts in that light.