\u201cHe\u2019s\nnot the man I married.\u201d Lori Beth would\noften express to friends and relatives that much had changed in me since the\nexperience of the brain injury. The\ninjury itself had healed some time back, at least as much as it was going to,\nbut I had retained some behaviors and values that were brought about by going\nthrough the experience of the injury and healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One\nevening we were sharing with one another when the topic came up.\n\n\u201cYou know, Lori, you\u2019re\nright. I\u2019m not the man you married. The man you married died that day out on the\npavement but you weren\u2019t ready. I was\nsent to fill in what was lacking in you to be prepared for the departure. I was given his body, his mind, and some of\nhis memories. I don\u2019t fully know what I\nwas sent to do but it was something that you deeply needed. When I do whatever it was that you required\nmy work here is done. My job is over. My reason to be here will have been\ncompleted. With that in mind I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll\nagree that it will be a better thing if you get up and get your own glass of\nwater tonight.\u201d \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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