I’m a big fan of the Life Is Good T-shirts. Have been for years. I like their fun designs and upbeat messages (one of my faves is the simple drawing of a glass with some liquid in it that says “Half full”) by this company founded by two brothers, Bert and John Jacobs, in Boston in 1994.
A couple of years ago on Kauai I bought Dick a special Hawaii LIG shirt with the company’s stick figure named Jake snorkeling on it. Dick has worn it on every Hawaiian trip since. The day of his cardiac arrest, he was wearing that shirt as we stood in line to board the plane. When he collapsed and people began working on him, they cut through the shirt to place the pads and leads on his chest that brought him back to life.
We are keeping the shirt—and his precious photo vest that was also cut off—because of what it represents. As our friend Andy pointed out when he saw this photo, the shirt was slit vertically down the center, right between the “i” and “s” in “Is.” If that’s not irony, I don’t know what is.
Dick is. Life is… not perfect, as some of the LIG shirts say. But it is good. He is great. And though it’s unlikely we can replace this same LIG shirt, we will treasure it always.
RNs Donovan and Sally have a chuckle with Dick on Day 4 after surgery.
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Great smile, looking good, Dick!! Darlene
Looks like you are getting the best care possible in hawaii..glad all is well.
LOVE that all of you wonderful people can say “I S” and will be! Love you too!
I is! I am!
Dickie looks so handsome here! Great/good story! Love!
Sure looks like Dick is doing amazingly well. Glad to see him looking so good. Attitude is everything and you and he have the best ones!👍💕
Life is so very very good-even when it isn’t. Dick looks great! We’re still sending our love and prayers across the ocean to you both!!
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