Today I celebrate another anniversary in my life. There are many that knew me 10 years ago and many friends and family that will remember the hot summer day in 2007 when I was involved in a motorcycle accident on Hwy 37. Every year around this time I get emotional and think back to that day, a fresh start for me really. In some ways that crash forced me to adjust my priorities and helped me to see the important things that were right in front of me every single day that I ignored and pushed aside.
As the years have gone by I have learned to deal with the constant pains and aches of the physical injuries obtained that day. A broken, ruptured and bulging vertebra in my neck and a broken T-5 in my back are consistent reminders of the second chance God granted me to reset my life. There are day's the migraines are unbearable but they are great reminders that I have the luxury to still feel the pain, it's better than the alternative!
I remember several month after the accident and I was still having severe headaches, I had been X-Rayed over and over and had spent hours getting MRI's when my surgeon finally told me that they knew why my headaches persisted. In that process he stated they found that I had an injury that he had observed and sent my films to several of his peers across the country. This particular surgeon had been in practice for over 25 years and he stated to me in a very serious voice that he, nor any of his peers ever seen the injury that I suffered on anyone that wasn't a quadriplegic or dead. I remember standing motionless afraid to move after months of activity and the surgeon told me that the damage was scarred over and I was fine. At the time of the crash it seems that my C-Spine ruptured the covering over my spinal column and I was leaking out cerebral spinal fluid. The doc told me then that this was a gift and second chance on life and I hope that I have taken the last 10 years as just as he described, a gift.
I wish my father and oldest son Evan & wasn't there that day to see me laying on the ground motionless, I hate that they saw me that way. I have no doubt that this event brought Evan and I closer and my Love for life and my family was multiplied.
I hope that on this 10 year anniversary others can look at my life and see that I am different, that they noticed a change. I hope that my family knows that I love them more every day and I am so grateful for the past 10 years with them. I thank God for the opportunity to adjust and have the second chance to do better.
What a joy it has been to see my son's grow, spend 10 more years with Kristie and live life with some great friends.
What will the next 10 hold for me? More great changes I hope……
As the years have gone by I have learned to deal with the constant pains and aches of the physical injuries obtained that day. A broken, ruptured and bulging vertebra in my neck and a broken T-5 in my back are consistent reminders of the second chance God granted me to reset my life. There are day's the migraines are unbearable but they are great reminders that I have the luxury to still feel the pain, it's better than the alternative!
I remember several month after the accident and I was still having severe headaches, I had been X-Rayed over and over and had spent hours getting MRI's when my surgeon finally told me that they knew why my headaches persisted. In that process he stated they found that I had an injury that he had observed and sent my films to several of his peers across the country. This particular surgeon had been in practice for over 25 years and he stated to me in a very serious voice that he, nor any of his peers ever seen the injury that I suffered on anyone that wasn't a quadriplegic or dead. I remember standing motionless afraid to move after months of activity and the surgeon told me that the damage was scarred over and I was fine. At the time of the crash it seems that my C-Spine ruptured the covering over my spinal column and I was leaking out cerebral spinal fluid. The doc told me then that this was a gift and second chance on life and I hope that I have taken the last 10 years as just as he described, a gift.
I wish my father and oldest son Evan & wasn't there that day to see me laying on the ground motionless, I hate that they saw me that way. I have no doubt that this event brought Evan and I closer and my Love for life and my family was multiplied.
I hope that on this 10 year anniversary others can look at my life and see that I am different, that they noticed a change. I hope that my family knows that I love them more every day and I am so grateful for the past 10 years with them. I thank God for the opportunity to adjust and have the second chance to do better.
What a joy it has been to see my son's grow, spend 10 more years with Kristie and live life with some great friends.
What will the next 10 hold for me? More great changes I hope……
