One of my greatest regrets in life has been not taking my wife back to Pompeii, Amalfi, Sorrento and Capri, places she had been before but experiences I longed to share with her—while she was still healthy or at least ambulatory. Now she is no longer capable of even enjoying your wonderful photographs. Susan was talented and loved to travel, to cook and to read, having participated in several book and gourmet groups. She relished music, opera, film and history, won awards for her pen & inks and for her acrylics, and wrote her college thesis on her present affliction, 30 years before it was identified by name. Susan came as close to self-actualization as anyone I know, a true renaissance woman with a Ph.D and two masters, a successful physical therapy practice (she was described by one doctor as an “icon” of physical therapy in New York), and nine years as president of the board of trustees of a local hospital. Now she is hospitalized and in a semi-coma, having suffered her 8th seizure on Thursday. Very sad. I try to be optimistic to compensate, and to cherish memories and photographs of our better times together.
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That was a lovely trip to Italy accompanied by a very nice piano rendition of the theme from The Godfather - one of my favorite songs. Just beautiful!
This tour of Italy was so lovely..Thank you!