“What in God’s name made you come up with that idea?”
“‘Possum ergo facit,’” my son replies. “‘I can therefore…’” It stands to reason. There are many things Nick cannot do since the attack that changed all our lives. He has had a rough year so far; a year which should have begun beautifully began very badly and the fallout has been hard, leaving him in a dark place for a long time. My younger son also began the year with sadness. “I needed to do something positive. This is it.”
“Why?” I knew the answer before he grinned…
“Why not?” There really is no answer to that. Why not indeed? “Want to join us?”
“Er.. no. I’m fine thanks.” Really, I’m fine… I feel no need to dive head first out of an aeroplane from a ridiculous height at a ridiculous speed. I almost did it once… these days the desire has fled. And if it attempts to come back, I will not, as the saying goes, be best pleased.
Nick
Nick had decided the jump would make a nice birthday treat for his brother, but raising money for a good cause was part of the whole thing. When he was attacked, when things looked very bad, we had so much support from people across the world… many complete strangers back then… and in so many ways. The messages we still have and they still touch the heart every time they are read. It makes a huge difference when you are living through hellish circumstances to know people actually care.
These events change the life not only of the person in the hospital bed, but also of their friends and families. You can imagine it… many of us will have thought to ourselves how we would feel in those circumstances. But actually, what you do feel is nothing like that… it is isolating, lonely and very, very frightening. When someone reaches out from the heart it matters. And sometimes it really is a simple as that, just caring can change the day for someone.
Alex
The charity my sons will be jumping for does just that… it reaches out to children facing life threatening conditions and makes a wish come true. To the child and their families that can make all the difference.
Nick and Alex would like me to thank everyone who has sponsored them so far, your support means the world to them and to me. Please take a moment to read their story and see what they are doing and why, and if you can, please help by sharing their story, or sponsoring them either by Paypal to nickverron@hotmail.com, on the Do it for Charity website …or just leaving a word of encouragement for them on their Facebook event page.
Thank you.
Nick and Alex
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
wow, they are amazing givers and powerhouses, what a great cause, you must be so very proud )
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I am indeed, Beth. And thank you for stopping by their page.
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my pleasure, and i accidentally signed up to go on the dive, was trying to like their page, my friend wrote to me in a panic. i had a good laugh and then i fixed it )
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You can’t sign up to do the dive like that.. ‘liking’ the page is just support for them… but thank you!
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I’ve been following this wonderful story…
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All of you went through was a life changing event. Traumatic change makes world feels darker and more threatening. It’s so important to know that people care. I’m pleased to share this on my blog. I hope that the year gets better for Nick, for all of you.
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Thank you, Robert. Knowing people care makes an enormous difference when you are going through something like this. But there is light at the end of it.
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It takes is perseverance and faith. You guys have lots of that.
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Just one step at a time… literally, in Nick’s case.
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He’s brave and has great family.
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He doesn’t see it as courage…just moving forward.
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Yep. Courage is innate. People who possess it are simply doing what feels right.
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I’d agree with that, Robert. It just looks different from the outside.
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I was thinking that the other day in relation to dissociation. I realized that no matter how hard I try, I will never know what it looks like on the outside.
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The only problem is when ego paints its own picture and foregets we all have feet of clay.
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Yes. In our perfection we are flawed. That’s a difficult dialectic for many people.
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Yet that too is perfect within the bigger picture of human evolution. There could be no evolution from perfection to perfection… there must be a starting point… yet nothing can be imperfect within perfection, so our flaws must be part of the process.
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Yes. And in my theology, this includes a God who evolves as we evolve.
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Mine too. Perfection can still expand.
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Always. When I feel hopelessly and isolated I remind myself that we live in the eternal.
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I never have to remind my better self of that… but the very human side sometimes needs reminding we are connected to everyone and everything, whether we always remember it or not.
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I just noticed the date on this Sue. I wonder why this was in my recent email notification. I mean everything I said, with the exception of sharing the post. 🙂 – Sorry about this.
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WP seems to be throwing up a fair few old notifications lately. Thanks Robert!
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Yes. It’s weird!
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