Getting past obstacles

Life sure throws curve balls. It knows how to keep you on your toes and make you pay attention. That’s what the last 5 days have been like. 

I have three beautiful and wonderful children. They have always been the apple of my eye. Through out the years of them growing up, they were my reason to get out of bed many days. Their smile or hug were the best things since sliced bread. They could make me proud just by saying please and thank you to a stranger. Children have no idea how much better they make your life with the little things. 

Well Saturday, my son was snowmobiling. He hit a rock that was covered by a snow drift. He called me from the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Of course he kept insisting he was fine. But he was already drugged up with pain meds. I was three hours away. I immediately took my laundry out of the washers and dryer at the laundry mat and went home. I packed bags and kept waiting to hear back from him. After about 45 minutes, I decided I wasn’t going to wait any longer and left. 

While I was driving he finally called back. He was being transferred to a better hospital with neurologist specialist. So that added another hour onto my drive. He called me from the ambulance again. Found out at that time he had broken ribs, contusions on his ribs and a small puncture in his lung. Also, he had back pain. To make a longer story short, he had broken two vertebraes. He had surgery yesterday and had 14 screws  and two rods to stablize his spine. 

I had been reading the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Have you read it? I recommend doing so. Thank you to my friend who recommended it to me. As I’ve gotten older, I have begun to read self help books. Things that will make me a better person. Either by given me things to improve myself or learning how others live. Then modeling those things. This book is both of those. If there is anything I’ve learned in my 52 years, life is short. In a blink of an eye, everything, and I mean, everything can change. So take that trip. Tell that loved one how much you love them. Thank those people you need to thank. Apologize if you need to apologize. And not only the I’m sorry but apologize. By sincerely telling that person you are sorry for hurting them and ask what you can do to make it better. It’s never to late to be better than you were yesterday. And honestly, today, right now is a perfect time to start that.

So my son is improving and I’m pretty sure, as of this afternoon, he has broken through the pain. He was the most coherent this afternoon and evening than he has been since his surgery on Tuesday. He even did a sudoko puzzle. We played several different iPhone games against each other during and after his dinner.  

Do all the things because tomorrow is not guaranteed for any of us. I’m grateful because my son will make a full recovery. Now that the pain is under control and we get the okay, we will go home. We will live another day to annoy the hell out of each other. We will be able to go to a hockey game or have dinner together. So many do not have that chance after accidents like this. 

No pictures. No fancy words. Just do the things. Don’t wait.

Continue learning and if you can be anything, be kind.

❤Patti❤