第15章康复医院里的婚礼WhereLoveLands（2）
ThereasonforMigerwasuawenty-fiveyears，hehadlivedhislifeatamediterwherehismotherhadplacedhimatagenineandvisitedhimseveraltimesaweekuntilshedied。Heysuy，whocussedouthisileasthefelthehadfamilyatthehospital。Thepatientswerehisfriends。Thereevenhadbeenagirloinasqueakywheelchairwhohewassurehadeyedhim。Butshehadthedafterspehanhalfhislifethere，goiayeither。TheterwasdMichaeledtoliveattherehabilitationhospital，farfromhisfriendsandworse，farfromBetty。That’swheuroarecluse。Hewouldfromhisroom。Heleftitdark。
Hisfriehantwohourstoseehim。ButMichael’sspiritssaggedsolow，noonecouldreadthen，oneday，hewaslyinginbedwhenheheardafamiliargsoundingdowsousame，a，squeakihatgirl，Juaheterwhereheusedtolive。Thesqueakihisdoor，andJuanapeeredioeoutdoorswithher。HewasintriguedandfromthemomeJuanaagain，itwasasthoughshebreathedlifeba。Hewasstaringatthedblueskiesagaiopartithehospital’sres。HespenthwithJuana。Hisroomwassunnyandlight。AndthenheaskedJuana，who’dbeenlivinginawheelceagetwenty-four，ifshewouldmarryhim。Juanahadalreadyhadatoughlife。Sheulledoutofschoolbeforefinishihirdgrade，becauseshecollapseda。Hermsheedheraround。Shelivedihermotherwouldn’twantheraheosellenough，sheedhouse“likealittlemaid”。Befeoftwenty-four，likeMichael，shehadatrayjusttobreatheandthatasofficiallydiaghmultiplesclerosis。Bythetimeshewasthirty，shehadmovedintoahospitalwithround-the-cloichaelaskedherthebigquestiohinkshedlethepaieasioldmehelovedme，andI>
shesaid。“Ithoughthelayihme。Buthetoldmeitwastrue。Hetoldmehelovedme。”Oine’sDay，Juanaworeaweddingdressmadeofwhitesatihpearlbeadsandcutlooseenoughtodrapearoundawheeldaventilator。Juanawasrolledtothefrontoftheroom，assistedbyHarry，whavethebrideaway。Herfacestreamedwithtears。Michaelwhiteshirt，blackJadabowtiethatfitray。Hebeamedwithpleasure。Nursesfilledthedoor>
&sfilledtheroom。Anoverflowofhospitalemployeesspilledintothehalls。Sobseeveryeroftheroom。Ial’shistory，notwopeople—livingtheirlivesboundtowheelchairs—hadevermarried。JaYamaguchi，thehospital’sreleader，hadplahing。Employeeshaddoheirowobuytheredandwhiteballoons，matgflowers，andanarchwaydottedwithleaves。Jahehospitalchefmakeathree-tiered，lemon-filledweddiingthiredaphotographer。Jaedwithfamilymembers。Itwasoryingandsatisfyingtimesofherlifetowatchthecouplegetmarried。Shethought。Thefinaltouch—thekiss—pleted。Jaesatihecouple’swheelbolizetheroma。
&heinisterslippedtoholdbackhertears。“I’veperformedthousandsofweddings，butthisisthemostwonderfuloneI’vedonesofar。”themihesepeoplehavepassedthebarriersandshowedpurelove。”Thatevening，MidJuaheirownroomforthefirsttimetogether。MidJuaheyhadmovedmaheirlove，andtheyhadbeehegreatestgiftofall。Theyhadthegiftoflove。Andit’sneverk