When life throws you a curveball.

Sometimes things happen in our lives that seem as if they are completely out of left field. An unexpected bill, a relative needs a place to stay, or a change with your career that affects your life are all situations that are not planned for. So how do you react when life throws you curve balls? The key is to not let the dark moment define who you are. A great friend once told me that dark moments don’t define you. They are what you experience, not who you are. I absolutely love that!! When he sent that to me, he said God was telling him I needed to hear it. Lately I find myself reading it or thinking about it every day. Thank the Lord that He knows me better than I know myself.

I’m currently in a left field situation. I recently ruptured my Achilles tendon and I had to have surgery. Really? I honestly thought I just pulled something and would have a 2-4 week recovery period. Wrong!!  Surgery was not even on my mind when the doctor said it.  Then he started explaining everything and he told me the recovery time is 6 months to a year!!! What?!!  My first thought was uh…no. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m an athlete. Softball, running, racquetball, and I even played in a kickball league this year….lol.  What can I say? I’m still a bit of a tomboy under this girlie girl exterior. :) So anyway, when my surgeon said no running for at least 6 months… I freaked out. Are you kidding me?  That was not in the plan!! I was planning on running in a ½ marathon in September and a 5k in October not to mention toning up and losing some weight. Now what? I had surgery on Friday and I can’t leave the house for 2 weeks until my doctor’s appointment. Foot elevated above my nose as much as possible and absolutely no walking on the foot for at least 10 days. Bathroom and that’s it. As I’m reading the instructions, my heart is sinking with every word!! I can’t do this I was thinking. I can’t just lay in the house and do nothing!! I was already thinking about the tons of things I needed to do. I was about to seriously panic. Of course I calmed down and thought things through and I have amazing friends who have offered and have completely stepped up when I needed help. I didn’t want to burden anyone with my issues. For some reason I have a hard time accepting help. I know I can’t do it all on my own, but sometimes I let my pride get in the way. This time, I had to humble myself and accept the help being offered. I can’t even get up and go to the bathroom without help.  The pain at times has been completely unbearable, but I’m focusing on the positive. I have more time to write and focus on building my businesses, and taking caring of things that I usually have to put on the wayside during my normal schedule because it’s so crazy. I’m not looking at this as a setback. I’m looking at it as just a hurdle that I will leap over on my way to reaching my destiny.