Betsy suggested that Steve and I create a blog about Steve, with news and thoughts and feelings. Steve thought this was a good idea.
I wrote back to Betsy and confessed that I had heard of blogs, but had no idea what to do. Betsy sent me to http://www.blogger.com/. What this website says is true, it took just five minutes to get started!
Steve agreed that I would get it started (he's in bed now, and supposedly going to sleep, but I hear him laughing as usual). He loves after bedtime because he can just be free and happy -- no work. He works all the time, trying to recover -- or grow -- out of his brain injury. Eventually I will go in and check him, to make sure he hasn't kicked the covers off, and to straighten him up in the breathing machine where he sleeps at night. He can breathe okay by himself, but he has such shallow breath his words are very hard to understand (we're just learning). Not walking, or even crawling, he's never exercised his lungs so the machine tightens a vest around his chest, making him exhale deeply.
We just finished reading a book A Wrinkle in Time that his older sister Alissa sent with me when I came back from America to China where Steve lives with his mother and me too, half time(the other half time is mostly America, and sometimes Africa or elsewhere). Alissa lives near San Diego. This is what she wrote for Steve on the front page,
"Dear Steve,
This is one of my all time favorite stories -- I have read it many times! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Love,
Alissa
April 4, 2008"
Steve rated the book a 1 (his top rating). Usually he writes comments after finishing a book, but this time he wrote a letter to his sister, that I should sent her by email. Here is his letter:
"Dear Alissa,
I like this book because the children tesser from Earth to other planets. Meg is impatient and angry because her Dad cannot save Charles Wallace. Calvin says he cannot save Charles Wallace because he doesn't know him. Meg must save Charles Wallace.
Meg is afraid but she goes anyway.
Love defeats IT.
Our Dad hopes he can do everything to help us be what we want, but he cannot. We have to do the hard things.
I know I can be like Meg.
I am so happy that Meg saved Charles Wallace.
I hope to see you more.
XO
Steve"
Here is a photo of Steve and me.
