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“Wow, just wow.” That was David’s reaction to hearing about Friday night’s event at Babycat Brewery in Kensington - and that about sums up mine too. THANK YOU to everyone who donated to David’s fund on Hope, Love, Live that day, who came out to Babycat that night to raise a glass to David, and who sent your positive energy to us. I understand that we raised more than $21,500 on Friday when our fundraising platform waived their credit card fees. Are you kidding us??? Wow indee

We were told to report promptly by 8:45 on Wednesday morning to load up and head out to the Atlanta Hartsfield airport for plane practice. Now, please know that this was only our second morning together with our new routine, so I had some real fear that we’d miss the bus entirely. Somehow, we rolled up right on the dot. David and the 4 other Shepherd patients rode in the bus with the staff and a nurse with a carryon suitcase full of every medical supply any of us could possib

On Sunday, I returned to Atlanta for my longest stretch since David first came down here on February 23. First order of business? Moving all of the crap we’ve each accumulated since February (SO MUCH STUFF) and consolidating it into one apartment. But first? Tacos and hanging out with one of David’s oldest friends Alex - who stopped off in Atlanta to hang out with David for the weekend on the way back from Morocco to his house in New Orleans. Over the weekend, they FaceTime

As I shared in our last post, I’m down in Atlanta with David for care partner training. There is a whole LONG checklist of things that we need to be able to do together so he can be discharged in less than 2 weeks from in-patient into the Shepherd Day Program. I’m ticking things off hour by hour though. Breaking news: TeamSward is on Facebook and Insta - please check them out, follow, and help us spread the word for the May 29 event at Babycat Brewery in Kensington. I tagged