3 Years Ago

My life changed forever. Every fall we get to mark this great event with the ladder going back up and the pine needles coming off the roof. For those of you that don’t know the story it was this ladder and this roof at this time of the year that I fell and broke my back 3 years ago. Talk about a life changing experience I went from being in the best shape of my life to lying on my back and looking at all the cobwebs on the ceiling, a true trainwreck. So lets see what I have accomplished and learned in the past 3 years. I have gone from a person that was on total disability from work, bedridden addicted to pain medication and sleeping pills to being fully recovered healthy individual, back to work as an adapted physical education teacher, able to mountain bike and ski and do almost anything I want. I have learned that with God in my life anything is possible. I was able to get an artificial disc as part of a FDA clinical trial, am drug free, working on my masters in Special Education, and when the time is right I will become a mother to a very special little girl.
I had a lot of time to lie around and think of what I was going to do with my life if I had a second chance. Difficult situations help us to learn that we can do so much more then we ever thought was possible. I thank God everyday for what he has done in my life especially in the last 3 years. Oh ya there is one more thing I have learned to do and that is to ask for HELP and never get on the roof when you are home alone. What are friends for but to help you with those tricky home improvement project.