My brother in law, may he rest in peace, (Not because he passed, but because he fell and broke his pelvis) laughed when he heard that my wife and I were permanently moving to Rome. Somehow he thought I would be a Stranger in a Strange Land among the Romantics.
For those of you who don't know me -- the vast portion of the world -- I am a retired registered nurse/video game designer/software engineer/manufacturing consultant/mathematics teacher who married a remarkable woman who was born in Rome.
When the health care system in my native United State consigned my family to a crevasse where we were facing a period of no health insurance, we decided to emigrate to my wife's native Rome where no such chavasse exists.
I began working in 1959 and worked continuously until a obscure genetic disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth crippled me. I say crippled because I am not handicapped. I just can't walk very well and can't stay awake while driving.
Now this missive is not a plea for sympathy or even understanding. I will be a chronicle of how a life long conservative US citizen copes and marvels at his new existence.
Post responses and questions if you desire. i hope this becomes a two way discussion of how life changes from what one envisaged.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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