That'll be me :-)
All the best to you all, Bob. The poem isn't OTT for me: it's a assertion of
human spirit, above physical trials, and it's your spirit that lives and drives
you, really.
Cheers
Chris
On 8 Feb 2012, at 11:59, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Nice place. An old pub, eh? Every hear the clinking of glasses late in
> the night when everyone should be a'bed? <g>
>
> I once committed Invictus to memory, long ago in school days. Seems a
> little over the top now, but then if I were facing the reaper perhaps
> not so much.
>
> At any rate, it's not a bad verse to ponder as one enters one's third
> week sitting in the Intensive Care Unit at Maine Medical Center. Ben's
> developed Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, likely as a result of
> so much time in surgery, and his lungs are having a devil of a time
> absorbing oxygen. It's a reversible condition, especially in one so
> young, but it takes time and time and more time. So we're in for a
> long haul, but there's a bit of light down there toward the end of the
> tunnel. Not much, but a bit, and right now, a bit is enough.
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