Matthew's Posts

A year ago this morning I was doing my final skin cleanse before walking in a glassy-eyed stupor a few NYC blocks with my wife to my surgical appointment at Mount Sinai. I don't miss that moment, but I'm grateful beyond words for all the things that have gone well, gone better than well; and for the challenges and disappointments through which I continue to learn and grow. It feels like a new year for me... like somehow this anniversary is a rebirth... that like much of this journey through the years, is another lonely and sober moment even still, despite all the love and strength and support of my friends and family. I know you all can relate. Glad to have you all - even just knowing there are so many out there who understand, who walk that same road: all those I have never, and will never even meet; but whom I love and cherish nonetheless. Thank you my friends Cheers to another year!

Six months ago today I was just waking up. Everything about that surgery and how my outcomes have been so far have been better than I could have ever hoped. Life feels back to normal in most ways and I haven't had any lasting complications. The road has been very bumpy at times, bumpy enough that I'm not near as far physically as I was hoping and expecting to be, but that never stopped any of us. So thankful to God for everything he's brought us through, and so grateful for these little squirrels who have been so thorough in their efforts to challenge the strength of the sternum wires...