It Could Have Been the End Prologue-Chapter One

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Prologue:



It takes only an instant for a life to change, and only an instant to realize just what matters in life. The accident that landed me in this chair was my wake up call. I found myself calling out to the Lord, searching for answers.



I was active but perhaps not happy before the accident. I learned that things and raises don’t define happiness, it’s the act of simple everyday living. Don’t get me wrong I am thankful for what I have, and thankful that my boss did not scare away after the spinal cord injury. He did not lay me off because of the time I missed, and he knew I was not the type that was going to sit around for months.

I guess I was blessed because I had a job to go back to, a first floor condo, and a apricot poodle named peaches. I was thankful that my faith grew strong, but before the accident I think in a sense I took these things for granted.



Don’t get me wrong I had my struggles, the truth is I still do, and I have shed more than a few tears. I also learned that it’s okay to cry.



I am home now, have been for a few weeks for the first week or two I did paperwork or wrote up agreements from my laptop and sent them in, but now I go to my office. Some people look at me with pity, but I have to remind them that’s not going to…