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My teaainst me There was no recrimination or blame for the way the team has faltered a bit over the last feeeks since enuine happiness I was back and incredible support of the silent variety, which I appreciate Even Rafe Simmons, who had moved up from second line to first to take e s to play his ass off to keep the top spot once I was medically cleared, but that he realized it was a pipe dream

“You’re the best center in the league, Tacker,” he’d said with a light clap on oing to take a solid run at the Cup”

As good as it was to be on the ice, it was frustrating as well Obviously,is clunky with the cast and despite still hitting the gyot some major work to do to return to peak performance

I also saw Nora twice this week, having to shift to Tuesday and Thursday because of conflicts with practice On her end, Nora shuffled her schedule to accorateful She’s incredibly busy and overworked Since I hadn’t been able to ular sessions, it would have been easy for her to refer me out to someone else

That’s really not an option for me, so I made sure she kne thankful I was I wasn’t sure if it was kosher or not, but I brought her a bouquet of flowers on Tuesday to let her knoas appreciated

No other therapist is going to work forto do with the unique nature of this ranch or how the horses are used to get people to open up I haven’t touched a horse yet—thank fuck—but it has everything to do with Nora

Not only was a bond established when she told s, but trust was for she has experienced every terrible feeling I have and still ave me a renewed sense of purpose

For fuck’s sake—the woives me hope

While it’s been hard talking through s this week, it had to be done We spent our entire Tuesday session talking about MJ Not about the crash or how she died, but about what MJon happier moments Had otMJ had ever done I relayed a story about how she’d pranked hed until h

Didn’t cry, but I went utterly quiet, feeling the weight of what I’d lost

Nora just let me be alone… in ain