Goals

When I started this blog 11 months ago, I posted this photo of Kaesea:



When he was in the hospital last April, I printed a copy of it and I wrote "Our Goal" on the bottom. I hung it in Kaesea's cage, where he (and I, for the most part) spent 11 long days.

People who saw it would ask "When was that taken?" and I would say, "3 weeks ago."

This was usually met with silence. Stunned silence. Sad silence. The silence of realizing how quickly things can change. And do.

Here is what Kaesea looked like in the hospital, with that photo -- our goal -- posted over him. Note that this photo was taken towards the end of his stay, when he was looking better:


That first photo was taken in March 2009.
The second was taken one month later.

Since April, we have had Kaesea's "goal" photo tucked up on the wall in our kitchen:


Two nights ago, I looked down at Kaesea and he looked up at me.

I took this photo:


Look out, Goal, we are heading your way.

Wow.