on the mend...

Well it's certainly been an unusual week for us.

For those of you who don't already know - last Saturday Andy and I were horseback riding and the horse I was on reared, fell backwards and landed on top of me. He weighs somewhere between 1500-2000 lbs and yet I came out of it nothing more than a bruised kidney and a couple fractured ribs... oh, and I was very sore all over my body. But not paralyzed. Nothing major broken. And I'm alive.

All in all, I have to say that I'm absolutely blown away by God's miraculous mercy throughout all of this. I don't want to be dramatic about it, but I am acutely aware of how that accident could have ended up, and I am humbled by His gentle sparing of my life and health. Now that my general muscles have mostly healed, I am able to walk around my home with little more than chest pain. And now I'm able to bear the pain (which is SO much less than at the beginning) without taking those crazy narcotics I was on all week. So now I can move fairly easily AND think clearly without feeling like I'm laying in a boat on very tumultuous waters.

Can't say that I'm used to sitting on the couch all day every day (nor is Andy - who has been devotedly at my side, taking care of me like the grand husband that he is)... also cant say I'm used to taking any notice of my ribs in the least - now I'm constantly aware of them... but these are hardly large burdens to bare considering what happened.

So - in sum - I'm great! I'm alive (and again, not to be dramatic but, I'm unusually thankful to be alive). I'm walking (although much like a hobbly old lady - now I know what I have to look forward to). And I have fabulous odds for a perfect recovery (considering that Andy wont let me do anything for myself and my mother is constantly reminding me to "Rest, rest, rest!").

It's been an odd week, to be sure. But it's been a good one too.

Here's to breathing deeply without wincing, and many more adventures on horseback to come!