I loved the notion of Andy Dufresne writing a letter for years until his implacable incessant determination rewarded the prison with a fully stocked library, perhaps because I love the feel of a hardcover book or perhaps because AS mandated dogged determination.

So for very solely self indulgent purposes and some personal therapy, I will Dufresne some posts here beckoning a soul or two to join me intermittently.

I preface this question with a story. I was in a car crash 6 years ago. Car crash sounds more like the type of thing, where in the aftermath the two drivers get out of rumpled vehicles and tenuously approaching each other to share insurance information. It even sounds like a furious but awesome NASCAR mishap where the driver looses control in the bank of a curve and jumps out as the pit crew grimaces in despair.

I was in more of a car wreck. After the collision I opened my unconscious unremembering eyes to a Good Samaritan dragging me rumpled like a shattered accordion from a the remnants of a smoking car that had been pushed 25 feet onto the sidewalk beyond the road.

My singular AS nightmare had happened. I, lying on the roadway dreading a future in a wheelchair unable to help my wife and 3 then 16 year old daughters, was toast.

24-48 hours later I was told I had a C1 cervical fracture. It was non displaced and some other medical word of optimism meaning it might heal in a manner where I would be a bit less functional than before but still ambulatory

IT DID.

My already brittle and bent spine was now more brittle and bent, my feet feel always like I just got out of a pool after 10 hours of foot pruning, but otherwise I could and can walk.

Lots of cathartic rambling, but…hey… there isn’t anyone here to “hear”.

I share this because I have had a multitude of AS miracle moments to carry me through this disease. The day the neurosurgeon told me to get out of his office and not come back, because to his epically joyful dismay because I was better WAS MY GREATEST MIRACLE. It also inspired me to seek out those small miracle moments that occur almost daily to make me win my battle.

Do you- empty room of ASKickers - have a mega miracle moment to share?

Do you believe in the value of seeking out the mini-miracle moments that carry you downstream through ASlife?

Last edited by stevec; 10/25/24 10:35 PM.


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