Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away.
- James Thomson
My son, as it turns out, had an infection in his middle ear, causing the middle ear to press down on one of the cranial nerves which resulted in his partial facial paralysis. There was also an infection directly on this nerve, further complicating the matter as we weren’t certain the nerve would ever fully regenerate. Three months later, and his face is almost fully recovered … as are we as a family from the ordeal. As I related in my previous post, the event changed me when it came to how I regarded Fate – and the change seems to have stuck. I’ve also chosen a new path for myself to follow, although I won’t officially start studies as a druid for some time to come. I heard recently that the druid is already within, and the studies are meant to coax it out … self studies should therefore help with much of the preparation leading to formal studies. I would say I’m turning over a new leaf with this; but looking at this blog, its theme, and much of its content, I’d rather say the leaf is an old one … however my examination of it is new and I must admit, exciting.
