For the Love of Textiles

Just a quick post... YES , he is coming home tomorrow morning...and we both are so looking forward to it. 8 weeks separation was a long time Just put new sheets on our bed and these wonderful cushion-covers I got as a birthday gift from my dear friend Tiny. She has embroidered this specially for us. I haven't used them till now. This is the perfect moment to start using them... I want to thank everyone who has supported me and Bram over the last 8 weeks to deal with everything that was happening to us and I will keep you updated of course...Love you all!!!

I got this card from my FB and knitting friend Marjoleine and this represents in a way my dealing with everything happening over the last weeks... Last Monday Bram and myself had a talk with the doctor, physiotherapist and head of the department he stays and we came to the conclusion that on the 1th of November he can go home...So very good news. Of course he needs to have treatments to become stronger, so he will go 2 mornings and 1 afternoon to the Rehab centre for as long as it needs. I think after he gave up the feeling that he really didn't liked it there he became stronger and accepted the fact that it was necessary to stay there for a while and make the most of it. But.. the end of staying there is at the horizon.No more living alone for him in a small room and no more living alone for me in our house..Really looking forward to that! To make this step going well we are doing it step by step. So we made a little trip to a restaurant for coffee, a trip into town to the hair...

Bram is now 2 weeks in the Rehab centre and there is a certain progress. But it is - of course in the state he is in- little steps forward and sometimes the step he wants to take is too big. It is not easy for him to be there. Hardly any people he feels comfortable with and for a social person as he is that is hard to deal with. Of course I go there everyday and of course there are friends and family who visit him, but I can see and feel sometimes that he really would like to go home.I can understand that of course but on the other-hand he is not capable right now to do this. He looks good (as you can see in picture below)but that doesn't mean he is well and capable to go home. And if he comes home everything must be organized to make life easy for the both of us... Last weekend we did see grandson Jim after more that 3 months of not seeing him and it was touching to see him together with Bram. It has done us both well!! One of the things why he can't come home is that his c...