Re: contributing to my sadness/mood - reply to Sharon and to Kate & group

August 22, 2011

We would all be lost without Sharon and Kate! The posts below prove it!Love to you all,nSubject: Re: contributing to my sadness/moodTo: "MSersLife " <MSersLife >Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 7:28 PM

Thanks sweetie. What would I do without you in my life, Kate????hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 5:45 PMSubject: Re: contributing to my sadness/mood

Oh sharon! I m crying as i read this. We are SO incredibly blessed that u are here among the living started this group and share so sweetly and poignantly about this. Event and your oife in general. I thank the Lord for you as always kateSent from my HTC smartphone on the Now Network from Sprint!----- Reply message -----To: "Group" <mserslife >Subject: contributing to my sadness/moodDate: Sat, Aug 20, 2011 11:15 pm

Tomorrow is the

"anniversary" of my devastating vehicle accident. On August 21,

2002 I rolled my van over and over and end to end 8 or 9 times according to the

accident investigator. I wasn't wearing a seat belt and was driving 90 mph.

Thank God it was a single vehicle accident so no one else was involved. I

was in bad shape MS-wise that day (had been for a couple of months). I

was having cognitive problems and was having double vision. I never, EVER

should have been driving.

My scalp was torn off, my neck was

broken, all my right posterior ribs were broken, lung collapsed, cuts and

gashes here and there..... I was flown from my small community to Barrows

Neurological Institute in Phoenix. I was in ICU for a week. It felt

like I was floating in and out of life.

But I did survive! I had too much

to live for:) My granddaughter was born one month after the

wreck. I went to the hospital to attend her birth. I was in a neck

brace and had those broken ribs but I still walked the distance down the hall

that I struggled to walk yesterday. It hit me yesterday that then I

walked it easier when was born than I did yesterday. How is that

possible?!? That makes me so sad to think how much I have

lost in the years since that day.

A year later my granddaughter, Maya, was

born. Another miracle I would have missed if I hadn't survived.

In 2004 I sold everything I owned and

moved to Alaska to live in the backwoods. I wanted "one more

adventure" and I got it in Alaska! We lived two miles from a

road in the middle of the bog. I went with my son, his wife and

four grandkids. Our water was hauled from our creek, no electricity --

just kerosene lamps and flashlights. I had to go in on a 4 wheeler and

was stuck there until we got an ARGO (tracked vehicle). There were black

bear, brown bear (Grizzly), moose and wolves all around us. It was a

paradise. I missed my daughter and the four grandkids I left behind in

Arizona so I moved back. I love the Arizona mountains and I'm glad to be

here.

I

am very thankful to be alive. Please don't get me wrong. But I am

mourning the losses I have experienced. I know you can all understand

that. I do appreciate you all so much!

love

SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.

August 22, 2011