December 2022
Here we are again, but at least it's only been a few months this time!
It seems that once again my website host is changing, so as of later tonight the program I'll be using for any "additions" to this section will be changing as I won't be able to add or change anything on it (although everything will continue to work like normal). So I wanted to drop a note to ya'll before that happens.
The New Year will be here shortly, so I wanted to wish ya'll a Happy New Year! I'll be trying to build a newly designed website, so wish me a LOT of luck! (yes, I'm smiling)!
I hope ya'll have been pushing forward and then looking back to see how far you've come! Isn't that a weird feeling? It always surprises me when I think back on what happened, how I came through it and how far I've come.
I still miss a few things I used to do like quicker thinking, or grasping for words, but every once in a while I even surprise myself and it makes me laugh! Memories can really be FUN! We just need to open ourselves up to having more of those memories, even if we only get a laugh from it!
I had my 25 year BI anniversary Christmas eve this year. Wow, life sure has whipped by quickly! Just like these wild winds we've have the past week!
So many I've talked to through the years get all down in the dumps when their BI date gets close. I can only say I've never been there 'cuz I'm grateful to God that I survived the accident and with His help I've moved on even with deficits.
It hasn't been easy and there was a lot of pain involved especially at first, but I've learned to do other things (like build web pages), and look at life differently. Staying in that "victim" mode doesn't do anyone any good. Looking back on what you may have gone through can be helpful when explaining feelings, recovery, etc., but being a "victim" and keeping that attitude will not help you move forward.
It's also rather comical that "I" have actually been able to HELP others understand about BI and even a few Doctors too. Now THAT surprised me but made me feel that what I experienced and went through had a purpose. That totally changes things too if you look at it in depth.
Losing my life that day wouldn't have been anything but a shame, but "Surviving" and slowly moving forward has helped ME, and many of those I talked to as I recovered. It gave me a reason to continue to struggle and never give up. There was once again "meaning" in my life, and that will always help you with recovery, even if you think it does.
I pray you're not giving up on yourself and continue to try new things. I'm off to get some shut-eye since it's almost 4:30am! OUCH!
Happy New Year! Welcome 2023! Be safe, stay healthy, and Never Give Up!
~ barbara jean ~
P.S. As I add more to the My Story page, you'll be able to find it at: http://bjscloset.info This is one of the website hosts that I'll be adding things to because it won't have the limits that I have with this host.