A Year Ago Today...A life-changing event


A year ago today, I slipped and fell off the topmost of my wet front porch steps, and found myself flying into the air and crashing hard on the ground and, consequently, banging the back of my head on the topmost step. Then, began a series of hospital visits; scans, tests, excruciating pain, dizzy spells and tons of medication.

When I got back on my feet from the fall, I rejoiced because I knew my time on earth wasn’t up yet; I still had lots of work to do. I spent three months at home, recuperating. A year on, I’m still learning to manage a visitor that doesn’t seem to want to go away - lower back pain. Considering the fact that I banged the back of my head on the top of the step, I consider myself very lucky that I didn’t crack or break anything.Though I’m in pain at this very moment and feeling cranky because of it, I’m thankful for the gift of life, for every ache I feel in my back and for the not-so-pleasant changes to my once near perfect vision; it could’ve been a whole lot worse!