Two years ago today Mike had left for work and the boys were at school,
Two years ago today I stood at the sink doing breakfast dishes while the girls watched cartoons and thought about calling Grandma Madden to wish her a Happy Birthday,
Two years ago today the phone rang and I answered it laughing,
Two years ago today I stopped laughing, as I learned that the next months of my life would be a living hell,
Two years ago today Mike was rear ended into oncoming traffic; a totaled car, a shattered leg, a family plunged into fear,
Two years ago today a friend kept the girls, I beat the ambulance to the hospital, I called my Grandmother but I know I never wished her a Happy Birthday,
Two years ago today I saw the x-rays and met a surgeon that in whose hands we would soon place our future,
Two years ago today another wonderful friend came into our home finished my dishes, folded our laundry, brought dinner and loved our children while I could not,
Two years ago today Mike underwent the first surgery to stabilize a shattered leg,
Two years ago today I wearily left the hospital and arrived home to a clean house, sleeping kids and a much needed hug,
Two years ago this week Brooke braved a wicked snow storm and "adopted" our children for the next week, so that they would be safe and loved,
Two years ago this week a kind Bishop shoveled our walks in his suit,
Two years ago this week we suffered from below freezing temperatures, many had frozen pipes we never did,
Two years ago this week many of those that Mike worked with called, visited, and brought dinner to us in the hospital,
Two years ago this week Mike underwent his second surgery to rebuild his leg with donor bone and marrow,
Two years ago this week a doctor came to me with these words "Mrs. Brinkworth your husband aspirated after surgery, while his heart never stopped he did stop breathing, we got him back."
Two years ago this week a haunted looking pregnant wife was led into the I.C.U. to see her husband,
Two years ago this week I spent the night sleeping on the tile floor of the I.C.U.,
Two years ago this week I was gently awoken and put to bed by a kind nurse who had arranged for my to sleep next to my husband in the glass box of the I.C.U.,
Two years ago this week I wrote a letter to a family that had enough love to donate their loved one to others, I wept for the first time,
Two years ago this week my children came home, oh how I had missed them,
Two years ago this month Mike was able to come home after 17 days in the hospital,
Two years ago this month a company covered a pay check because it was the "right thing to do." and then made sure we never went without,
Two years ago this month other pilots donated sick time and vacation time to keep that paycheck coming,
Two years ago this month a husband and wife stood together and became more than a couple, we became friends again,
Two years ago this month we were blessed.
2 comments:
Hey Dusty, thanks for sharing. I am glad everthing turned out ok from that. You guys were in our prayers!!! I am so glad that Heavenly Father was watching over your family!
Wow Dusty, that made me shed a tear or two. That was nice. I am glad things turned out so well. You are blessed to have such good friends and a loving family.
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