her on a swing while she sang a silly song. I’d always wanted a daughter.
“So, where should we go first?” I startled Nic by asking the question that had been popping around in my mind for some time. After our passionate night I had made a promise that we would stick together, for as long as we could.
“I don’t know, where would you like to go?” He rested his head on my lap and I gazed out the window.
“Back to school,” I smoother the fine strands of his hair. “I always wanted to go to college and now I think I am actually capable of making it happen.” I felt giddy thinking about my future, what we would do, the places we would see. “Isn’t there some place you’d like to see...what about Ireland? You said you wanted to visit there”
His arms wrapped my waist in their comfortable embrace and the chill sent a shiver up my spine. “Ireland, yeah...let’s go there. I want to kiss the Blarney stone...do you think anything happens when you do that? Do you believe in all that stuff?”
I looked down at him in mock seriousness, “Nah, of course not....superstitions are complete nonsense.”
“Well, come on then.” Nic took his head off my lap and I smoothed the wisps of his hair. “We’ve got to get you presentable for your big day. We’re leaving!”
I stood and with Nic’s help got myself ready for the day. It felt great to be leaving, I wondered out loud what we should do first.
“I have been craving a decent burger for two months! I know a great place on the edge of town, we’re going there tonight.” Nic quipped
“Nic, you don’t eat.” I shook my head at him.
“Yeah but I think I can still smell....ohh it’s going to be wonderful. Maybe we can drive by my folks house, I’d love to see how they’re doing.” he trailed off thinking of his family. I didn’t have anyone that I could visit, no one who would care about what I had just lived through. The realization was like a slap in the face. I wasn’t close to any of my foster families, the few friends I had made in school were all far away and busy with their lives. Once I started thinking about it, the idea of starting out on my own again seemed incredibly huge. I only had a small amount of savings that would get me a weeks stay at a hotel. My knees gave out and I plopped onto the couch.
Nic appeared in front of me and shook my shoulders gently “Hey, snap out of it” His smile was mocking, “it’s not like you’re stuck in a wheel chair for the rest of your life.”
I laughed, and tried to compose myself. He was right, I was just dwelling on the negative again. I used the tricks he had taught me and put those depressed feelings in their place. “I suppose I’ll have to stay somewhere and find a job.”
“And,?” he prompted.
“And...I don’t know.” My hands fidgeted with the cane. Could I really dream big, what would happen if it didn’t work? “And...I’ll take some classes online.” The idea of seriously going back to school, not just a wild fantasy...a reality, had just made my day a whole lot brighter. With Nic’s help I felt invincible.
“That’s my girl!” he pulled me up to stand next to him. “Now, let’s go out there and show them what you can do.”
I took my cane and slowly made my way out to the exercise arena. This was going to be a fantastic day.
The exercises weren’t as difficult, it was all review from what I’d been taught in the last few weeks. I still had a long way to recover fully but from the therapist’s view it was all stuff I could manage on my own. We stopped our practice around noon and all my
“So, where should we go first?” I startled Nic by asking the question that had been popping around in my mind for some time. After our passionate night I had made a promise that we would stick together, for as long as we could.
“I don’t know, where would you like to go?” He rested his head on my lap and I gazed out the window.
“Back to school,” I smoother the fine strands of his hair. “I always wanted to go to college and now I think I am actually capable of making it happen.” I felt giddy thinking about my future, what we would do, the places we would see. “Isn’t there some place you’d like to see...what about Ireland? You said you wanted to visit there”
His arms wrapped my waist in their comfortable embrace and the chill sent a shiver up my spine. “Ireland, yeah...let’s go there. I want to kiss the Blarney stone...do you think anything happens when you do that? Do you believe in all that stuff?”
I looked down at him in mock seriousness, “Nah, of course not....superstitions are complete nonsense.”
“Well, come on then.” Nic took his head off my lap and I smoothed the wisps of his hair. “We’ve got to get you presentable for your big day. We’re leaving!”
I stood and with Nic’s help got myself ready for the day. It felt great to be leaving, I wondered out loud what we should do first.
“I have been craving a decent burger for two months! I know a great place on the edge of town, we’re going there tonight.” Nic quipped
“Nic, you don’t eat.” I shook my head at him.
“Yeah but I think I can still smell....ohh it’s going to be wonderful. Maybe we can drive by my folks house, I’d love to see how they’re doing.” he trailed off thinking of his family. I didn’t have anyone that I could visit, no one who would care about what I had just lived through. The realization was like a slap in the face. I wasn’t close to any of my foster families, the few friends I had made in school were all far away and busy with their lives. Once I started thinking about it, the idea of starting out on my own again seemed incredibly huge. I only had a small amount of savings that would get me a weeks stay at a hotel. My knees gave out and I plopped onto the couch.
Nic appeared in front of me and shook my shoulders gently “Hey, snap out of it” His smile was mocking, “it’s not like you’re stuck in a wheel chair for the rest of your life.”
I laughed, and tried to compose myself. He was right, I was just dwelling on the negative again. I used the tricks he had taught me and put those depressed feelings in their place. “I suppose I’ll have to stay somewhere and find a job.”
“And,?” he prompted.
“And...I don’t know.” My hands fidgeted with the cane. Could I really dream big, what would happen if it didn’t work? “And...I’ll take some classes online.” The idea of seriously going back to school, not just a wild fantasy...a reality, had just made my day a whole lot brighter. With Nic’s help I felt invincible.
“That’s my girl!” he pulled me up to stand next to him. “Now, let’s go out there and show them what you can do.”
I took my cane and slowly made my way out to the exercise arena. This was going to be a fantastic day.
The exercises weren’t as difficult, it was all review from what I’d been taught in the last few weeks. I still had a long way to recover fully but from the therapist’s view it was all stuff I could manage on my own. We stopped our practice around noon and all my
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