One Year Anniversary....

Hard to believe that a whole year has gone by since John's accident... We were reminded by several people of this "milestone"... our son, John, who works with his Dad came in on the afternoon of the "anniversary", after working, said a few things to me, then told me he was going out to the garage to have a beer with his Dad, to insure he won't be climbing any ladders after work on THIS day.. *L*

For those who don't know the story, last year on July 23rd, after John and son John finished work, they were talking about having a beer down at the garage before heading home, etc. Instead John-John said he had things he should do at home, so he was heading out, and John said he wanted to trim some branches that were sitting on the roof, so after John left, he went and got the ladder, trimmed some, and in the process, as he was coming down the ladder, he fell 14 feet and broke his back and pelvis. (See the archived posts from last July - December for many posts about all this.)
So you see, if they had ONLY had that beer a year ago, none of this would have happened?! - well, maybe not?

Our brother in law, Bill also called and told us he was coming to pick up his canoe from our canoe trailer, that we had hauled along on the family vacation. Bill said on a voice message on the phone that he didn't want John doing anything stupid just because he was coming to get his canoe, like last year, when he came and John decided to take a helicopter ride to the Milwaukee hospital!.. *L* John laughed at that message!

Thank God he CAN laugh... had things been just a hair different, he could have been paralyzed from that accident. While John isn't back to where he was before the accident (the surgeon told him he could take two years or more for some things to get back, and some things would never be the same), John did say that if he has to live like this for the rest of his life, he could cope and manage... so thank you God for where John is now, and I still pray for much improvement for him...in Jesus Name. Amen!