It has been challenging thinking up what to write about. My friends have written blogs when they travelled and they were interesting as they described the experience of being some place new, interesting and exciting... Well I haven’t been anywhere exciting but I’ll try and write about the experience I’ve been through as I call it life #1 and life #2.
This week I heard about a friend of mine from Maui dying. She was always younger, beautiful, and she taught me how to sew bathing suits and how to make patterns. When I inquired what was the cause of her death, I was told a story of her demise with pills, she left her husband and went to a beautiful island (Bali) and he was heart broken and committed suicide.
I thought my accident was bad but now I’ve put it in perspective. I feel very fortunate to have life #2 and even though life #1 was good. I am relearning everything I did before and with a vastly different attitude. Just think, I get a second chance to learn walking, biking, skiing, swimming and the good news is that I am on a path going up. Yes, I spend my days going to therapies and I appreciate the people who are helping me especially my sister Sue who has done a lot to ensure my independence as well as my therapies. I’ve been very fortunate to have great brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles and a multitude of friends.
I thought my accident was bad but now I’ve put it in perspective. I feel very fortunate to have life #2 and even though life #1 was good. I am relearning everything I did before and with a vastly different attitude. Just think, I get a second chance to learn walking, biking, skiing, swimming and the good news is that I am on a path going up. Yes, I spend my days going to therapies and I appreciate the people who are helping me especially my sister Sue who has done a lot to ensure my independence as well as my therapies. I’ve been very fortunate to have great brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles and a multitude of friends.
I used to drive my sister Sue a bit crazy when I’d show up at her house and my friends would keep her phone ringing. Well I must have done something right because I have great friends who have been very encouraging and keep the phone ringing and the email box full!
I do keep learning new things and I see this world with new eyes and at first I thought “what a messed up world my nieces and nephews will inherit”. Ok it is pretty messed up, but like all of them have done; they just roll up their sleeves and do their best everyday.”
I had a dinner with a friend this week that expressed the goal and desire to use his talents, experience, contacts to 1) make a good return and to help other people. Which has me thinking about what I can do to help other people. Obviously I first need to fix myself. But I’ve got such a nice landing pad. I’m retired at 58 years young (or just past 30) and I’m much better at working and being on a team than I used to be and I can finally shut my mouth and listen to others.
Well as much as I feel retired, I feel like reinventing myself, not for the money, even though I do need something but I have learned that I enjoy doing something, albeit SLOWLY. I don’t exactly know what it will be but that door is wide open and I don’t think I’m ready to do nothing, but for now my job is my therapies and relearning how things are different and what I can take forward from everything to help people.
I know this blog is pretty dull but I’m glad you are reading it and I’m using it as therapy (typing and making sense) does it?
