Even the Mercersburg Inn!

There may be some positive news to report. Paul's condition seems to have stabilized enough for a return to the rehab facility, Health South. This may happen as early as Wednesday if all goes well. In the meantime, he is gaining strength and his spirits have been buoyed by all the love and good wishes shared through the many correspondences you have sent him.


It might be right, occasionally, to share some of the correspondences friends are sending Paul. We will do it, of course, only with permission. Here, in part, is a letter sent from Paul's dear friend, Edward, a former Mercersburg teacher:



Dear Paul,


I suppose I should be grateful to this technology for enabling me to communicate, but for some reason it only increases my frustration. It seems, somehow, to mock my desire to tell you what is most in my heart. It is this: you are an important part of my life; I have always considered it gilt-edged proof that I was a good person because a man like Paul Suerken liked me; your friendship has sustained and strengthened me for as long as I have known you---and I'll wager you have heard that said over and over again by each of your friends.
I'd give anything to be sitting with you at a table at the White Barn Inn...or the Barnard Inn...or even the Mercersburg Inn! Then, after the Chateau Lafite and over a glass of Chateau Y'quem, I'd really be able to tell you how much you have meant to me these forty years. I and all your friends need you more than you can ever really know, so you must persevere and get back to the rehabilitation program and back to progress.
Love,

Edward