Tuesday, April 28, 2009

CREATE




I love this video! It brought tears to my eyes and warmth to my heart. I've never talked about my leg before on my blog and I realized the other day I'm tiered of telling the story or explaining it. So let me explain what this video has to do with my leg. On January 1, 2008 I was in a quad accident. The quad flipped and shattered my left leg. Since then I have had three surgeries and one procedure. I will spare you the gory details. I have been in physical therapy for a year and half. I am now down to two days a week. Woo hoo! I still have a gate A.K.A limp and it is quite pronounced by the end of the day! I will never be able to run again, so it was a good thing I did my first and last 5K in Georgia. It was the first time I ran anything longer than a mile and the last because I swore, I would never run anything close to a 5K or more again. So I crossed my "marathon" off my list of things I wanted to do. So as far as running I am completely O.K. without being able to run again. My true love is swimming and I can swim to my hearts content. Since this accident though, I have had the hardest time doing things I love. Sewing, Quilting, Scrapbooking, and Painting my house. I have always had the inside of my house painted. I love color. It says so much about you and I believe it brings happiness inside your home. Well I can't pick a color and I feel like I have lost all creative juices that used to flow through my mind but, this video brought something back to me today. Please enjoy it and find your creative outlet. And by the way if anyone has a great paint color please email it to me. I'm in the mood to paint!

3 comments:

karin said...

I just re-read this talk the other day. It is great. As for paint color, I have no idea what the names are, so I will get back to you.

kristin kempton said...

Beautiful! What an awesome talk. It's such a great reminder of the talent and potential that is within all of us. We are too hard on ourselves!

You are amazing! Call me when you're ready to paint...I'll climb the ladder!

Kristin

Heather said...

Good for you Michelle. Creating is so good for the soul and the leg too.