FW: What a difference a year makes

Yesterday marked one year since Brandon broke his leg.  That day is so vivid in my memory.  We were leaving for a trip to Gatlinburg in two days when he called and told me he had broken his leg.  He sounded calm and I figured he was kidding.  He wasn’t.  Here we are one year later and he is good.  He walks fine and doesn’t seem to have much pain with it.  His leg looks like something chewed on it from the two surgeries and countless incisions but I guess that is a small price to pay.  I remember the doctors talking about how these breaks could take up to a year to heal and how down in the dumps that news made Brandon.  I couldn’t say anything other than it would all be ok eventually.  And now it is.  He has moments when he comments on how bad his leg looks but I remind him of how bad the break was and how hard the recovery was.  He is thankful and so am I. 

He made a special point to sit me down and thank me for taking care of him this morning.  I dropped everything and Taylor and I stayed with him during those first few months.  Was it easy?  NO!!!  He was a horrible patient and very demanding.  Not much different than his usual demeanor.  J  But I did what I felt I was supposed to do.  It was a definite turning point in our relationship. 

We are leaving for the river this weekend to get away from real life.  We are planning a trip to Rock Island State Park Saturday, weather permitting.  Taylor is staying here with my mom.  She has not seen Mom and Norris in about three weeks and they all need a good weekend visit. 

Brandon came to Dyersburg yesterday and took me to lunch.  We had an errand to run at my Mom’s house and took a ride around the river.  It had been several months since we rode down that way.  It was a little sad because we spent so much time in the afternoons riding there last year.  I feel like I moved a million miles away.  Who would have thought I would miss the bottoms, but I do.  The above picture was taken last year on our first riding trip after Brandon’s accident.  We reminisced about that yesterday.  What a difference a year does make!!