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Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.

My daughter in law called me up right after Christmas. She noticed there were some cheap flights on New Years Day. Did we want to come out? The kids were missing us…

When she called, we were parking at Yale hospital, and then walking in. When I mentioned it to G, still on the phone, he looked around as if to say “How ?!” Or maybe, “impossible!”

Hospital visits were a daily thing at that point. Cold gray New England winter had set in and we were all tired. Nothing was changing, I told her I would come. (a least I wasn’t needed at that point)

That one phone call, her generous invitation, set us on a whole different path . When we saw our patient that day, he was recovering well. For a guy who had nearly died twice in the last week, he was making a miraculous come back. They were going to transfer him to the closer hospital and from there to a rehab facility near home.

G saw his chance. He set out in the car before my plane took off. I jetted happily to the west coast.

One fortunate thing after another, kept us in California all winter. ALL winter! Thanks to my sweet son’s wife, and the miraculous set of circumstances that followed, plus some amazing friends, I got the best reprieve anyone could have ever asked for! G did too.