LIFE HANDED ME SOME HUGE LEMONS
I haven't posted for a long time but AKC123 has encouraged me to tell y'all why. Back in January I made a trip back home to see an aunt through surgery, she's 79 years young & when that was a success I able to spend time with my three bestfriends since grade school. On my last night there we decided to go out to a nice restaurant for dinner. The last thing I remember was getting in the car, I woke up three weeks later in a hospital room. And if that wasn't scarey enough- I was told we had been hit head-on collision with a drunk driver. The worst news was yet to come. A week after that the doctors finally felt I was strong enough to be told I was the lone survivor of that horrific accident.
What a nightmare this had become. I spent a total of nine weeks in the hospital at home and was finally able to come back home to Texas. This has not been a fast or easy recovery, it is still in progress as I write this. I still go to physical therapy three days a week. I also see a psychologist for my survivor's guilt issue. I had had some physical set backs- a week in a hospital here followed by weeks of aconstant throbbing headache, but I am making slow progress.
My reason to share this story with you is a selfish one. I know the more often I can talk about this the more it helps me recover, the more it losens the hold guilt has on me. It also helps me to let go of the anger and hatered I felt about that drunk driver who caused all this pain-mentally and physically.I can say I have forgiven him but it wasn't easy to do.
I also want to remind each of you that in a blink of an eye your whole life can change forever. Loved ones can be gone forever with a snap of a finger. Please take the time today to let someone you love hear the words "I love you" before it is too late.
I am glad my friends and I had the few days before this to talk, laugh and be together, and to let each other know how much we meant to each other.
My doctors and pastor insisted I get back to living which meant going to the quilt classes I signed up for in October 2007 that started this Janary. No, it hasn't been easy but I know in my heart if the roles was reversed I'd want my friends to think of all the good times we shared, to keep on living and loving their families.
I used to think- I can do that tomorrow. I don't make that mistake anymore. I call my mom, in-laws and my daughter every week to be sure they know I am thinking of them and that I love them.
I am getting stronger everyday, Yes, I've had set backs many bad days but good ones too. I am still here for whatever purpose God still needs me to achieve.
For my sake and yours, after you read this please hug someone love extra tight and tell them you love them before it's too late.
Mzmizzou
What a nightmare this had become. I spent a total of nine weeks in the hospital at home and was finally able to come back home to Texas. This has not been a fast or easy recovery, it is still in progress as I write this. I still go to physical therapy three days a week. I also see a psychologist for my survivor's guilt issue. I had had some physical set backs- a week in a hospital here followed by weeks of aconstant throbbing headache, but I am making slow progress.
My reason to share this story with you is a selfish one. I know the more often I can talk about this the more it helps me recover, the more it losens the hold guilt has on me. It also helps me to let go of the anger and hatered I felt about that drunk driver who caused all this pain-mentally and physically.I can say I have forgiven him but it wasn't easy to do.
I also want to remind each of you that in a blink of an eye your whole life can change forever. Loved ones can be gone forever with a snap of a finger. Please take the time today to let someone you love hear the words "I love you" before it is too late.
I am glad my friends and I had the few days before this to talk, laugh and be together, and to let each other know how much we meant to each other.
My doctors and pastor insisted I get back to living which meant going to the quilt classes I signed up for in October 2007 that started this Janary. No, it hasn't been easy but I know in my heart if the roles was reversed I'd want my friends to think of all the good times we shared, to keep on living and loving their families.
I used to think- I can do that tomorrow. I don't make that mistake anymore. I call my mom, in-laws and my daughter every week to be sure they know I am thinking of them and that I love them.
I am getting stronger everyday, Yes, I've had set backs many bad days but good ones too. I am still here for whatever purpose God still needs me to achieve.
For my sake and yours, after you read this please hug someone love extra tight and tell them you love them before it's too late.
Mzmizzou
