The doctors told me it was unlikely Rob would survive, and if he did, he would never be the same again. I tried to digest that notion, but I couldn’t swallow it. We were on the second day of a vacation in Sydney, and I suddenly felt very alone and incredibly far away from home.
As we began to blur the boundaries of friendship, we realized we were falling hard. We stumbled across a quote by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu: “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” We both wholeheartedly agreed. Little did we know that this Taoist notion of love, strength and courage would soon take on a whole new meaning.
After the incident, Rob was in a coma for 10 days, and I refused to leave his side. I wanted him to know he was loved and had reason to fight. I talked constantly. His eyes, flickering as I read to him, gave me so much hope. I wasn’t going anywhere.
When Rob finally woke, the entire right side of his body was paralyzed, and he’d lost all speech. He had survived, yet my heart broke 10 times over. Watching over him, something raw kicked in inside me: The depth of love I felt for Rob gave me courage so great I could feel it in my bones. That quote we had stumbled across resounded like a clanging bell.
We were stuck in Sydney, having to fight daily battles to get Rob the best rehabilitation possible before we could even consider flying home. His sister flew in to help, and together we threw ourselves into making him laugh, telling him stories, reading to him, promising him everything would be OK, radiating love.
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