ednesday, Nov. 29, 2006There is no sunrise thismorning- not visible at least,rain is on the way. But, wedo know that the sunrise isthere, that’s faith-- knowingwhat is waiting for us, evenwithout being able to see itor touch it. We have faiththat Caroline will make itthrough this and be backwith us soon!Saturday, February 10, <strong>2007</strong>The sunset was lovely, 20minutes of pure, clear color.Peach, orange, bloodorange then red, wow! Weshould all have time to spend20 minutes with someone welove watching a sunset.Have a wonderful nigvht’ssleep, dream good dreamsfor Caroline.Susan, David, ReidJay and WhitneyCAROLINE.Sunday, April 29, <strong>2007</strong>We are peaceful and happytonight and that is a wonderfulsituation. Carolineis beginning to fall asleep,the lights are dim and thetelevision is on but very quiet.This seems like a normalnight from the years whenthe children were very small;Everyone is tucked in andthey are finally a few minutesavailable to you to donothing. It is a nice place tobe, whether you are at homewith children or family or inthe hospitalare impacting other people.”Susan said the journals went through stages — shecalled them stages of happiness. “The first stage was allabout necessity. It was about letting people know whatwas going on while we were living in the hospital. Thesecond stage was therapeutic. We were able to expresshow we were feeling since there was little to report. Thethird stage began when she woke up. There were goodthings to report, and it became a celebration. We arestill in this stage.”A few weeks ago, I was startled to see that Carolinehad updated her personal profile on Facebook. Althoughshe cannot type, with the help of friends and family, shehad changed her profile picture, uploaded a few photographs,posted a message and added a link to a video ofher in therapy. I have not seen Caroline in person, but,for me, her re-emergence in the online community madeher recovery feel very real. Caroline has been a fighterevery step of the way, and her strength and determinationhave paid off immensely.November 7, <strong>2007</strong>, marked the one-year anniversaryof the accident. Caroline’s CaringBridge page had beenvisited 188,982 times. To put that in perspective, thatis an average of 517 times per day. Friends and familyhave left 3,950 messages for the Owens in the guestbook.These numbers grow everyday as the family continues tojournal on the site.Susan said, “Some nights I am too tired. I used to doit every night, but I can’t now. We do feel a responsibilityto keep it up after seeing the way it fanned out and multiplied.We have seen how much this means to people.We don’t want to drop it and leave people wonderingwhat happened. And it is wonderful to be able to sharethe good news.”For more information about the CaringBridge Web site, visitwww.CaringBridge.org.fall <strong>2007</strong>
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