Going to start a new blog challenge~  

Day 1  Tell a story of a Life Changing experience

This is a hard one.  I've had so many at age 33 (maybe I should still say 32 since my Birthday is only ten days away but, only by a few days)

I  could say a few but the most recent is my car accident.  I think overall life can be challenging but sometimes extra challenging.  I moved from Denver to Bozeman a while back hoping to be closer to my family on my Dad's side & siblings.  I love them!!   I think after my step father's (in Colorado's) declining health with Multiple Sclerosis and my Mother's heart failure I felt I should be back in Denver.  I must say I've missed my beautifully decorated house & backyard with the backdoor mountain view over the smaller living quarters in Colorado (Prices here for living are insane compared to the wonderful deal I got-  The same 3 Bedroom, 1 & 1/2 bath would not be the same here...at all )  I won't ever regret these final moments I have with Lee my step Father.  As for my mother, our family can only hope she'll stick around for years to come.  She's my rock & wether we get along 100% of the time or not she's is the perfect example of 'In sickness & in health till death do us part' for marriages.  My dad is lucky to have her.  She endures because she would expect the same from him.

 After I moved back, I also was handicapped for a short time from a severe highway accident (3& 1/2 months in a back brace with a compression fracture).  That is not the obvious circumstance I was needing after a move.  There was only was was rewinding the clock and re-routing my future self.  Wouldn't that be nice?

All those EMT's worked to saw off the hood of the car to get me out & were so sweet and amazing.  I was pinned in the vehicle so no way out but to be pulled out by 4 men.  One huge perk of the accident was the hot X-ray tech at the hospital.  I was on so many pain meds I was a little delirious but I met the x-ray tech guy.  I flirted with him in my own delirious way and said "Have a nice night, it was nice to meet you" with a huge smile.  I was wheeled back into my room and noticed my hot pink bra showing and my shirt pulled way down and asked my mother why she didn't pull up my shirt.  I said " Great! Now I look like a hooker".  
My parents have joked that my father used the walker, so did my mother in heart failure and last and hopefully least myself.  At hard times its best to laugh, there's nothing else you can do.  I hid a lot of my visible pain from people.  But Doctor's orders or not I still worked when I needed & worked out if I could sit up straight.  I'm a fighter.
I remember when I got back from the hospital I had people already at my house at 2am I'll say, early...but helping me in & I said "I feel fine, I'm totally fine" on two syringes of hospital pain meds & Vicodin they gave me walking out the door. { The nurse thought it was best to load me up before I left.}  Back to the story, well waking up to go to the bathroom hours after the pain meds wore off, I sobbed.  I couldn't move by myself.  I felt like a granny in hospice.
So glad I healed well.

Life can be tough but I've also been so happy to have so much support as well.  I'm happy to be apart of NILMDTS organization and donate service I couldn't have in Montana, be closer to my parents failing health, have a brother push my health to help me get back on track after the accident & glad to say we're running a 5k together.  Even with Insurance messing up on a 6month claim oddly, it has all be working out in it's own way.  

I guess in life we can make plans & say "This is what I'm going to do with my life and this is what I have planned"  and God somehow finds a way to say "Maybe you need to lean less on yourself and some on the people who love you and Me". 

I've learned to be more patient, understanding, easy going & not care as much as I used to about everything being so perfect in my life.  Life is life.  It is ever changing & you never know what to expect. 

It's frustrating how I have to work my explicit butt off to recover my health but photography work has been wonderful and so glad I actually can work without being permanently disabled.  I definitely have one love in my life and that is travel.  Next year I am going to Bhutan, Thailand & Cambodia.  This year Mexico & State side.  I wouldn't have been able to make these travel connections if I was in Bozeman & go on a National Geographic expedition next year. 

Life adventure is and always be my story.  Not my personal belongings.  I'd rather have experiences than a nice big house and love in my life rather than all the riches in the world.

I have the best job in the world that allows my to be creative, travel, make wonderful connections & see how beautiful the world really is and the people in it.  Plus my sweet new mini cooper is brand new so I guess I can't complain much.  My old one was awesome but, I'm okay with this :)

Life can be rough but teaches you to also "go with the flow".  I like

the quote "Life is a wave, best learn how to surf."  

I actually have that on my bucket list to learn ;)