Julian’s Progress

I have finally gone through some of the photographs from pilgrimage, and have found a few more that might be interesting. In many places at the World Center I had to negotiate steps. Sometimes these were in marble, and with the rainy weather we had, the stairs could become slippery. Here we are walking down the stairs outside the Seat of the Universal House of Justice. I always tried to find a wall or bannister on at least one side to help steady me on my way down the stairs. You can also see Jonathan and Suzanne ready to help me make my way down the last steps.

From here we made our way down the long path to the Shrine of the Bab. It was a very long walk, with many more stairs, but I managed to do it using my canes.Jonathan carried my bag and my walker most of the way, because the little stones are not very wheel-friendly. You can see the International Archives building in the distance, and we walked past that to get to the Shrine.

I call this next photo, my “Rocky” shot. I wanted to try to walk up at least some of the terraces that go up the side of Mt. Carmel, to the Shrine of the Bab. We could only do that on one of the days when it was not raining. So on that day, I managed to walk part way up to the first terrace. Here I am celebrating my climb.

Now for some more videos of me walking. These were all taken in Akka, as we were walking either to or from the prison in which Baha’u'llah was incarcerated.

I went through some of the hundreds of pictures that were taken at Esther and Jory’s wedding, and found a few that I feel show how I have progressed in my ability to stand and walk.

I was able to walk with Esther and Suzanne as we entered the room where the marriage ceremony was taking place.

During the ceremony, I was able to stand with Esther and Jory, without my canes, and read a prayer.

Then I made a little presentation about Esther’s life…

And we had a dance…