Why "The Barrel Maker's Cure"?

Hmmm...why indeed? Truthfully, I thought it was catchy. In the olden days (and I suppose today as well), cooper was the name for a person in the barrel-making trade. Never knowing--for the longest time--what medically ailed my youngest son, Cooper, I thought of "The Barrel Maker's Cure" as the quest to solve the puzzle that is him. It's come to mean so much more to me, though. *****

FYI, I began writing this post many, many months ago. I wrote it, and re-wrote it several times; and then I just let it go...promising myself to come back to it. Well, enough is enough. This blog is about what is inside me, what I am thinking, how my eyes have been opened, and how I am proud to be Cooper's father.

In all this time that passed, so did Cooper. So much has happened, and I've become more and more awake in this existence. What is The Barrell Maker's Cure? It's a boy finding his place in the universe. It's a family staying together. It's doctors realizing connections, and helping other kids. It's a world touched by the perseverence of a small boy. It's growing up. It's crossing borders. It's strength. It's courage. It's finding you've lost nothing, when you've lost it all.

I'm proud to have been cured.

I don't know how much sense this makes, but here we go. Let's see how it plays out.

...and thank You for The Plumber. Amen.