Rewind

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Elizabeth Goodhue

William was born at 8:30 in the morning. If I could rewind that moment everything would be softer than home, crispy sheets, coffee sitting in the sunshine.  Light, fresh air, warmth, and comfort would replace the sterile smell of the hospital, erase the inexperienced nurse. I would scoop him up right away when I saw how stunned he was by being born. I would hold his warm skin next to mine and listen to his heart struggle to beat, giving it my rhythm to learn from. Then we would sleep feeling sure of our world — letting all that lay ahead of us lie flat in the palm of whatever held us at that moment.

 

View of North Pack from Plowshare Farm, Greenfield, NH, where William lives.

Photo courtesy of Kay Kinderman

 

 

 

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About Elizabeth Goodhue

Elizabeth left her teaching career after 24 years and moved to Mexico in 2014. One year later, she moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to work for an e-learning company. During this time, Elizabeth wrote two blogs about her travels (https://tampicoandlisa.travellerspoint.com/ and https://expatriateinkualalumpur.com/). On the weekends, if she was not traveling, backpacking, or hiking, Elizabeth would pick a café in the city where she could write. Her challenge was to find the café using public transportation or walking. This is how her blog thetruthaboutdownsyndrome.com began. When she returned to the states in 2018, she used her blog to complete her book The Truth About Down Syndrome: Lessons Learned from Raising a Son with Trisomy-21.
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