Here am I am here. The clock says 00h25, the computer says 05:25, my mind doesn’t know what that all means. When I (literally) fell asleep last night I did not sleep through. Instead, I woke up every hour or so looking for Pádraig. That I was on a different continent only dawn on me when i woke up and looked around.
It really seems that there will not be a trial. The lawyers are still negotiating and will, hopefully, be able to bring this case to some conclusion that we can all live with.
One of Pádraig’s friends had organised for her friends to meet with us while here in Boston. It is really amazing to see how much the Irish row in behind you when you’re really in trouble. They also told us how many people had heard about the accident and were, are ready to help. It is truly amazing. While there won’t be much time while we are here this time, we will follow up on our conversations here with our friends, and will work with them to raise the level of awareness about the consequences of severe bicycle accidents, and the lack of neuro-rehabilitation programs in Ireland.
You couldn’t imagine how strange these days here in Boston feel. For so many different reasons. We will have more meetings with different parties over the next two days.
Tiredness is catching up on me…
Hospi-Tales 
Reinhard, es ist für mich immer wieder beeindruckend, wie Eure irischen Freunde zu Euch stehen und Euch Kraft und Unterstützung geben. Mein größter Respekt! Für die Abwicklung des Unfalls wünsche ich Euch, dass Ihr mit dem Ergebnis “we can all live with”.. Ich drücke Euch ganz fest die Daumen und wünsche Euch viel Kraft. Grüß bitte Deine Frau. Gruß, Joseph
Ganz herzlichen Dank, Josef! Hier geht es wirklich nicht um ‘recht haben’ oder ‘recht bekommen’, sondern um das, was möglich ist. – Dabei bin ich und war auch nie ein Pragmatiker, eher ein Dogmatiker (im guten Sinn). Aber so lerne ich, mich auf meine alten Tage noch mit den Notwendigkeiten des Lebens zu arrangieren.