We were driving home tonight after spending a bit of time at our friends' house and we noticed a police car on the side road, heading toward the exit we take off of the highway to get home. As we arrived at our exit, we also saw an ambulance, two cars, and a fire truck headed our way and I drove...  read more

One day I had a bright idea.  I would take a friend who was afraid of water kayaking.  Then she had a bright idea.  She would take the tippier of two kayaks.  I was not happy, but let her talk me into it.  Here’s what happened.She did fine at first. She struggled a ...  read more

On Saturday, I rode my mountain bike out to the scene of the accident. Before I inspected the scene, I stopped at a few houses, hoping to locate the dentist who'd found me. My best bet seemed to be a dentist who was out of town. Some people were dog sitting, so I left my number with them. Ironica...  read more

On Friday, I had my first plastic surgery appointment. By then, my lip had really separated into two parts, and the nasty mass of dead flesh had been on my nerves for days. My husband later told me that he had been able to smell it from across the dinner table in the last two days. The most I ...  read more

This follows "Growing Back a Public Face". My first day back was Wednesday the 8th. I had a really hard time waking up so early (7:30 a.m.). I'd been getting up a lot later. I did not have much energy. I had corresponded with several of the managers in the group earlier about letting people kn...  read more

The story follows describes the healing process after a bike accident which severely lacerated my lip. On Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, I washed my face and showered only once per day. Both actions were painful. I had trouble getting myself to brush my teeth even once a day because of...  read more

I slept very late on Friday, probably until noon, so my husband was at work by the time I woke up. I had been able to wash some of the blood off of my face on Thursday, so I had begun to look a little less scary. But when I looked at myself in the mirror on Friday, I began to think that I looke...  read more

After my bike accident, in the E.R., two women were going to put me back together again, but none of what they did would be permanent. The dental resident would temporarily stabilize my two front teeth, and the plastic surgeon would sew the shreds of my bottom lip together.Before my specialists g...  read more

Everything Went Blank I was having a dream. It was a nice dream, but I can't recall it. I woke up surrounded by faces and voices. I didn't understand what was going on. I don't recall being very alarmed. I knew something was wrong, but I don't think I was awake enough to think. I think that so...  read more

On a Friday afternoon in Spring, I'm cleaning out our office at work.  Tidying up, bringing out the trash.  I start cleaning out our paper shredder (I LOVE to shred papers), which is jammed full of all kinds of little paper shreds. This particular shredder has a little sensor to know...  read more