So yes, I am a book worm.... I admit it and I'm am proud to say it, proclaim it..... I LOVE BOOKS! They keep me young, they keep my mind fresh and alert, but more then anything they make me happy! So I decided, why not start a book club. I got the idea when I visited my cousin in Maryland and found out that she is in a book club... And I thought to myself, what fun would that be to start one with all of my friends, so I did.... I convinced 9 of my friends to join me and we decided on our first book.... Water for Elephants....
This book is awesome in my mind... funny how some loved it, some not so much. But that's ok, that is the joy of books and of book clubs... To discuss our likes and dislikes... We chose to go see the movie before we met yesterday to compare the differences between the book and the movie. And like every other book made into a movie, the book had so much more detail it was crazy... Don't get me wrong, the movie was good, and Robert Pattison is always yummy to watch, but I was dissapointed by one thing... **Spoiler Alert, stop reading if you don't want to know about the movie** The movie never goes to the nursing home, and this was such a large part of the storyline of the book. I am confused why the movie producers decided to leave it out of the movie. But, to each his own, right?
All in all, this was a great first book to start out with. I am excited to start our new book The Help... And the previews for this movie were shown which looks like it is going to be absolutely ADORABLE!
HEader
More Than My Scars....Accepting what you are dished in life.......
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Our Story.......
July 14, 2000...... The day was like any other day.... Ashley & I had been shopping for her 6th birthday party which was scheduled for that next day, her actual birthday..... Saturday, July 15, 2000.....
As she slept in the backseat tired from our shopping expedition, I was headed to pick up my son when our lives were forever changed...... Ashley & I were involved in a serious head-on collision, the day before my baby's 6th birthday. We were hit head-on by a teenager racing on our side of the road. We met up a hill, and I never saw it coming.
A passerby was able to pull Ashley out of the vehicle, but I was trapped upside down. It took the emergency responders over an hour to cut me out with the jaws of life, and because I was so impacted in the car, the only way to get me out was pull me out and lose my femur, which was embedded in the dash. I was Care Flighted out and Ashley was transported by ambulance. We spent a month apart in different hospitals, Ashley was at Children's and I was at Baylor. Ashley's small intestines had been crushed so she spent her 6th birthday in surgery. As she was recovering she continually complained about her back, and upon exam it was discovered that she had broken her back. By the grace of God she was not paralyzed from being moved around. She underwent back surgery in November of 2000 and then again in September of 2005. She will always have back problems, but she is a happy, healthy, beautiful young lady.
I was pretty much crushed from the waist down. My right femur had been lost in the car, so I was without that femur. I also broke my left femur, my right hip, both knees were shattered with my right one being completely blown out, and my right arm. I spent months in a wheelchair requiring 24 hours care and many countless hours in rehab. My wonderful Mother put her life on hold to take care of us, and I will NEVER be able to repay her for what she did. Even to this day, she never leaves the hospital when I have surgery, but stays every night to care for me. I have had 2 blood clots or PE's travel to my lung, which always lands me in the hospital for a week hooked up to rat poison (that's what blood thinners are) via IV. I have undergone 15 surgeries, with more planned.
Now it's time to PRAISE GOD! All truth be told, Ashley & I should not have lived. I shouldn't be walking. I have had many doctors tell me that if they had been on call, I probably would have lost my right leg. But God had different plans. There was an AMAZING Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon on call, Dr. Freudigman, and he saved me. He is an unbelievable surgeon, and I would never let anyone else operate on me.
The blood clots that travelled to my lungs could have gone to my heart or my brain and killed me. Ashley could have been paralyzed as the doctors and nurses moved her around and performed surgery on her for 3 days before they realized she had broken her back. As you can see, we are walking miracles!!!!
GOD has a plan for everyone, and he has a plan for us. In all honesty, this wreck was my spanking. It was my wake-up call. This wrecked saved me & Ashley, and many, many people in my family. Psalm 116 defines my story and has helped me through the pain, and has helped me understand it all!
We are TRULY blessed beyond measure!
July 14, 2000...... The day was like any other day.... Ashley & I had been shopping for her 6th birthday party which was scheduled for that next day, her actual birthday..... Saturday, July 15, 2000.....
As she slept in the backseat tired from our shopping expedition, I was headed to pick up my son when our lives were forever changed...... Ashley & I were involved in a serious head-on collision, the day before my baby's 6th birthday. We were hit head-on by a teenager racing on our side of the road. We met up a hill, and I never saw it coming.
A passerby was able to pull Ashley out of the vehicle, but I was trapped upside down. It took the emergency responders over an hour to cut me out with the jaws of life, and because I was so impacted in the car, the only way to get me out was pull me out and lose my femur, which was embedded in the dash. I was Care Flighted out and Ashley was transported by ambulance. We spent a month apart in different hospitals, Ashley was at Children's and I was at Baylor. Ashley's small intestines had been crushed so she spent her 6th birthday in surgery. As she was recovering she continually complained about her back, and upon exam it was discovered that she had broken her back. By the grace of God she was not paralyzed from being moved around. She underwent back surgery in November of 2000 and then again in September of 2005. She will always have back problems, but she is a happy, healthy, beautiful young lady.
I was pretty much crushed from the waist down. My right femur had been lost in the car, so I was without that femur. I also broke my left femur, my right hip, both knees were shattered with my right one being completely blown out, and my right arm. I spent months in a wheelchair requiring 24 hours care and many countless hours in rehab. My wonderful Mother put her life on hold to take care of us, and I will NEVER be able to repay her for what she did. Even to this day, she never leaves the hospital when I have surgery, but stays every night to care for me. I have had 2 blood clots or PE's travel to my lung, which always lands me in the hospital for a week hooked up to rat poison (that's what blood thinners are) via IV. I have undergone 15 surgeries, with more planned.
Now it's time to PRAISE GOD! All truth be told, Ashley & I should not have lived. I shouldn't be walking. I have had many doctors tell me that if they had been on call, I probably would have lost my right leg. But God had different plans. There was an AMAZING Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon on call, Dr. Freudigman, and he saved me. He is an unbelievable surgeon, and I would never let anyone else operate on me.
The blood clots that travelled to my lungs could have gone to my heart or my brain and killed me. Ashley could have been paralyzed as the doctors and nurses moved her around and performed surgery on her for 3 days before they realized she had broken her back. As you can see, we are walking miracles!!!!
GOD has a plan for everyone, and he has a plan for us. In all honesty, this wreck was my spanking. It was my wake-up call. This wrecked saved me & Ashley, and many, many people in my family. Psalm 116 defines my story and has helped me through the pain, and has helped me understand it all!
We are TRULY blessed beyond measure!
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