Number 12

This is the thirteenth Tuesday and they talk about “the perfect day”. At this point it had been 6 months since Mitch and Morrie began talking on Tuesdays. ALS had completely taken over Morrie; he had an oxygen tube down his throat and couldn’t move from his bed at all, Morrie would cough for up to an hour straight. No matter the circumstance the men still had there Tuesday conversation and on this one they talked about the perfect day. Mitch started off the discussion with a question to Morrie he asked him if someone could make him better would he want to be, Morrie answered Mitch by saying no, he thought that he would be a different person had he not gotten sick. Mitch was shocked that even at his very low Morrie wouldn’t look at his disease as a burden. Mitch then asked morrie what his perfect day would be and Morrie answered saying

“I would get up in the morning and do my exercises, have a lovely breakfast of sweet rolls and tea, go for a swim, then have my friends over for a nice lunch. I’d have them come one or two at a time so we could talk about their families, their issues, talk about how much we mean to each other. Then I would like to take a walk, in the garden with some trees, watch their colors, watch the birds, then take in the nature that I haven’t seen in so long now. In the evening, we’d dance the rest of the night. I’d dance with the wonderful dance partners out there, until I was exhausted. And then I’d go home and have a deep sleep” page 175-176 "Tuesdays with Morrie"

Mitch could not believe that even after being sick for so long the perfect day Morrie chose was nothing more then average. Mitch would have guessed that Morrie would want to take a plane somewhere far and do something exotic, but he wanting nothing more then to enjoy the simple things in life again.