Where to begin? Last year? Last September? Last month? Last month might be the best place.
It started with an email. When are you performing at Pipestem Resort? I checked my schedule: July 20th, I emailed back.
Last year my sister Maggie and her husband Roger surprised me by arriving at Pipestem just in time for my storytelling performance. They were on vacation and made a 150-mile detour to be there. We had a great time--Maggie lives in eastern Maryland and we don't get to see each other very often.
In September, disaster struck. Roger was badly burned in an explosion, a freak accident that left him with severe burns over 67% of his body. Survival, given the location and severity of the burns, was unlikely.
It was a tough year, but they made it through 18 surgeries, numerous skin grafts and infections and setbacks. This year our meeting at Pipestem was a planned celebration. Roger faces more surgery of the plastic variety, more skin grafts and more therapy in the coming months. But the outlook is 100% better than it was last September.
It started with an email. When are you performing at Pipestem Resort? I checked my schedule: July 20th, I emailed back.
Last year my sister Maggie and her husband Roger surprised me by arriving at Pipestem just in time for my storytelling performance. They were on vacation and made a 150-mile detour to be there. We had a great time--Maggie lives in eastern Maryland and we don't get to see each other very often.
In September, disaster struck. Roger was badly burned in an explosion, a freak accident that left him with severe burns over 67% of his body. Survival, given the location and severity of the burns, was unlikely.
It was a tough year, but they made it through 18 surgeries, numerous skin grafts and infections and setbacks. This year our meeting at Pipestem was a planned celebration. Roger faces more surgery of the plastic variety, more skin grafts and more therapy in the coming months. But the outlook is 100% better than it was last September.
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