Today is a glorious day for our sweet Megan! Her plans for year 6 of her 7 year PhD strategy have come to fruition with a Fulbright Award to study at Nanjing University. She is relieved and happy, happy, HAPPY! And of course Joe, Jonathan, and I are proud (but not too surprised!) family cheerleaders! After all, one could say that Megan is an inspired, creative Dragon baby with the nose-to-the-grindstone tendencies of her Ox parents. She is ready to tackle those Nanjing archives, learn the erhu in her spare time, and write, write, write!
And in the midst of this swirl of positivity -- there it is .... in the not-so-far back of my mind, I think "thank God, I am here WITH HER when she got the news." Not just "here" in the sense that we happened to be together in the San Domenico faculty workroom when she opened the email, but "here" as in "still alive" to see our girl glow with happiness at a long wished-for goal attained.Wow. That sense of "almost" never quite goes away and this highly recommended "On This Day" Facebook app confirms recent history. Three years ago today might have been my absolutely most excruciating point of pain. I literally crawled up the stairs into bed ... and got up the next morning to the salvation that was my first grade classroom. Unbelievable.
"Christine Ammirati
April 24, 2012 at 7:02pm · Williamsburg, VA ·
Shattered.
A head MRI with a bone-crushing headache is immeasurably worse than a
head MRI while on prednisone and a manageable headache. Taking
emergency pain med, curling into a ball, and hoping for deep, healing
sleep.
So... time to disable this well-intentioned app, cuddle up with our amazing girl and the dogs, message Jonathan with laments about the Mets, feel grateful, and be in the moment. It's still too soon to have surprise looks back and that day in particular still seres.
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