This week is a milestone for me so…I came out here on the back porch to ponder how far I have come since April. I would like to say It has been a long walk but the truth is I haven’t been able to walk since April 17th. I tore my right knee tendon and had surgery to repair the tear but when they got in there it was worse than they thought. I had torn the tendon completely… completely…not a tear, not a rip but completely. Now if that was not enough…added to that was the fact that I was a bit long in the tooth… the old folks way of saying…old. Of course I was not aware of the severity of the injury…I was asleep at the time and blissfully unaware of what awaited me. I had a comfortable surgery but a nightmare of recovery awaited me. First off the brace for my knee was modeled after a medieval torture device and it would stay on for at least 6 weeks. The objective was not bend the knee to soon before the surgery healed because it would cause the tendon to tear again. At my six week check up it was discovered that a slight tear had occurred again… Doctor…  “you have bent that knee to soon!” I did not agree with that…but it was my knee so I guess it was me. Then they decided that I needed to go to a rehab facility for awhile and awhile soon became 6 weeks. I will share that ordeal with you at another time… I kept a journal, I did, I promise.

So I do ponder why all this happened but the result is I have learned something from all of it. With God every adversity has a blessing somewhere in the journey. Things are never as bad as they seem and I can assure you that at first that was hard to believe from a wheelchair. So I started from the position that I was crippled …cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move normally: Yep that would be me. Let’s take a moment to ponder that. invalid: one who is sickly or disabled…  It is used to describe functional limitations that affect one or more major life activities such as walking, lifting, learning, breathing and everyday day tasks.  As you can read I could have found myself in a much worse condition but I didn’t…another blessing among the adversity. God has blessed me with a good wife and daughter, friends, a church that helps when asked and the prayers of good people. No I can’t walk but through the God given faith that a better day is ahead I have found alternative ways to move about, comfortable and safely. Life is Good…God is Good.

Kurt