Saturday, July 4, 2015

Fall Down 99 Times, Get Up 100

It's not a new thing for fitness or healthy living advocates to remind us that no matter how many times you stumble, you're not a failure unless you don't get back up. So, you may wonder why I feel the need to revisit this issue? But really can we encourage each other too much? Can we remind each other to never give up too many times? I really don't think so! I also think that every time I read a personal story of pressing on through the stumbles and the falls, I feel more encouraged in my own journey. So, here is my personal story of recovering from a stumble.

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Learning in Loss

This week my sweet companion, my precious dog, was hit and killed by a car.

Wednesday morning while I was getting ready for work, my neighbors called to say that Taylor had been hit by a car. She was alive but hurt. Cameron and I rushed to her side, she was wrapped in a towel laying in the street bleeding and broken. We got her to the nearest vet and they began treating her immediately. They found a dislocated elbow, broken ankle, 3 broken and 1 hyper-extended rib, internal hemorrhaging and head trauma. They gave her fluids and stabilized her. The plan was that they would keep her stable and monitor her for 24 hours. Cameron and I continued to work like normal.