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!
Talk about cuteness overload! Anyone else’s dog use their feet as a pillow?! He loves my fluffy boot socks. Shows how he’s growing up as it wasn’t that long ago he was running round the house with my socks. OK that still happens, but not as often as it used to. I think we call that progress!
Today marks 21 years since my brother took his life. Some years are harder than others. Today my niece announced that she’s having a little girl. I’ve always been a great Aunt, but now I am going to be a Great-Aunt for the second time. My Mum would have been thrilled. Not sure how my Brother would have felt about being a Grandfather. It’s sad he didn’t get the chance to meet his Grandson and now his Granddaughter.
I guess some questions will never be answered. Over the years, I have accepted I will never get the answers I wanted in the beginning. I made peace with what happened. Tonight I raise a glass to him and hope the feeling will come back in my feet. As cute as he is, Bert is rather heavy.
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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