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Pay Later

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I have told people in the past that one of the greater differences between pre-accident and post-accident me involves the aftereffects concerning the things that I do. My body still allows me to do a great percentage of the type of things that I did before, but the difference lies in what is left of me afterward. It’s not as much an issue of inability as it is my body’s response to the things that I do afterward. I did a lot of physical work today that is not typical for me. A neighbor of the church called a while back to ask that we cut some pine trees that are growing sideways across a canal from our property and into his backyard area. I decided to handle this myself because I didn’t want the church to pay for a professional service and I also didn’t want any of the guys in the church to spend hours working on such an unpleasant task. So…I went out early in the morning and determined to do the tree cutting alone. I did get the job done after several hours and a handful of setbac...

A Little Pensive Today

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It’s me again. I’m not even certain why, but it’s me again. I guess that I wanted to explain a bit as to why I write this blog. I don’t even know if I’m fully certain myself. The thing is that it grants to me the opportunity to say the things that I never really say. It grants to someone, anyone, the opportunity to always remember this part of me. It allows for me to ramble, complain, and joke about something that has altered the course of my physical existence in such a pronounced way. Writing this blog doesn’t really change anything for me, but it does allow for me the opportunity to leave a picture of what I once saw in my heart and mind, sort of the way that we can look at ancient cave drawings and understand a little better regarding who those people were and some of the things that they saw in their world that they felt was worthy of note. I live a fairly active and full life. There is so much more to me than the things that I write about in this blog. But…the things that I s...