Welcome to blog! I started it in 2020 to chart my recovery from breaking my ankle (hence the name). I guess no-one saw a global pandemic coming. It's turned into a place where I can talk about the things happening in my life, my horse and my cats. Enjoy!
The death of Caroline Flack has saddened me so much. It takes me back to the feelings I had when my brother died. It’s natural I guess. I have first-hand experience of the fallout of it. Suicide is something that polarises people. It’s something that is still hard to discuss, to fathom, to accept.
The hardest part is that one conversation or one action could change the outcome. For a long time I wondered if I could have done anything to stop my brother. But I accepted it was his choice.
So instead I’ve always tried to be a good person. To be compassionate. Not to judge others, but to try understand. But there are somethings we will never understand.
I do my best to live my life by a saying that was instilled in me years ago. It’s a simple one too ‘if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything’. Unfortunately we live in a world where some people feel they have a right to say whatever they like. But there are consequences for our words – especially online. I hope Caroline’s death will encourage more people to think before they speak or type. We all have our opinions, some of us choose to keep it to ourselves. #bekind
So 2020 was going to be my year. The year I got my life sorted after being served redundancy notice from my job in November 2019. The year I ticked off more things from my horsey bucket list. The year I got my mental health back under control and reduced stress in my life.
I had a plan. And it was a good one. Then the plan changed dramatically on 2 January. I came off my horse at speed and broke my ankle. Badly. Like all good equestrians, I got back on and rode back to the yard, sorted Buddy out and then drove myself to A&E. That’s where this journey really began...
I was sent home from A&E and told to crack on, only to receive a phone call later to say they’d missed a fracture (and a rather serious one at that). Whoops! So fracture clinic on 3 January, surgery on 5 January and home to recover.
I started this blog as a way to chart my recover back to the saddle. As I cleared clinics and competitions out of my diary and wondered what the next few months would bring, it's been a safe space for me to say how I'm feeling.
The new plan was to get a new job, to keep Buddy is kept ticking over and recover from my injury. Another good plan! I didn't expect a global pandemic, lockdown and all that happened in 2020.
This blog has changed over time but it's continued to be my safe space to share the things going on in my life, with Buddy and the cats. Enjoy!
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