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1pebbles · 56-60, F
Getting off social media, working, contributing to society, changing lives, making and impact, do something useful for someone else, self sacrifice
1pebbles · 56-60, F
@Dan193 yes, at that age where I can splurge. Nearly dying in a head on collision at 22, just 2.5 months after being married, coma 10 days, ICU 28 days, shattered femur, broken jaw, bone wired back together and wired shut, respirator to breathe, develop pneumonia, given tracheostomy. 6 weeks in the hospital, 2 months in rehab, learning how to breathe, eat, feed myself, shower, dress, ties my shoes, write, potty trained after catheterzation, relearn how to walk. Outpatient therapy three months, socialized back into life. Gave birth to two children. Children homeschooled and graduated college and now grown. daughter working, raising her 4 year old alone, as her hubby serves, flying ‘copters in Syria for the US army national guard. Son, graduated early at 16, signed him into the US Marines three days after he turned 17, he served 9 years for his country, a year+ on a tour in Okinawa, extended three months due to covid. As I schooled the children, I worked in a daycare facility starting work at 6:15a until 9:30a, homeschooling, cooking, cleaning, taking to activities to and from, distance running myself, completing 5 ten miler runs, 4 half marathons and two marathons. Worked 10 years as an aide to seniors at an assisted living facility. Does that answer your question



