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A decade.

Writer's picture: Heather Bensten SchoneHeather Bensten Schone

This week marks ten years since Bensten’s accident.


I feel so grateful. So lucky. So blessed.


It has been a decade, yet the event is still very fresh in our memory. You don’t live through something of that magnitude and flip a switch. It is never far from the front of your mind. 


Not in a sad way. I know how lucky I got. I would say the one emotion that has not waned at all over the ten years is gratitude. I am so freaking grateful. 


Grateful for Bensten. Grateful for perspective. Grateful for all of the people who played a role in his recovery. 


Bensten was assigned a ‘parallel narrative’ project for his Digital Media class.  He asked if he could interview Lance and me, separately.


I am sharing his project. (The first version was much shorter. But his teacher wanted to know more and asked if he would extend the project. She then shared it with the entire class, and sat at her desk crying.)



His project exposes a very raw side of Lance and me. But it’s also beautiful. Because we have the luxury of reflecting on our worst nightmare WITH our healthy, happy son.  And he is not just alive; he is living an amazing life and sharing his sweet soul with so many people every single day.


Bensten’s accident has shaped our family in so many ways. And I am very aware that everyone’s story does not have such a happy ending. But I also know Bensten was born special. He was special when he was 6 and a patient in the ICU. And he is even more special today. My amazing, compassionate, thoughtful 16 year old boy who makes me so proud every single day.


So I will be offering a regular menu this week, but quantities will be a bit smaller. I am taking some time to celebrate my boy!  Have a great week.


xo,

Heather


(for those of you who are not familiar, this is a video my brother made shortly after Bensten returned home from 3+months in the hospital after suffering a TBI from a sledding accident.)



A picture of our darkest day, when B was in a coma and they were still working to control his intracranial pressure.


And now, 10 years later I have the honor or baking for so many of you!

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