Gratitude Discussion Group

@contentandwell
That is slow. You could have driven them out and stopped by to drop off some for me and been back home by now. If they are stale when your son gets them he can forward them to me.
Jake

@jakedduck1 No cookies in this package, I sent him his waterski gloves.
He’s so fitness conscious that he rarely eats sweets these days, plus his wife has made an incredible transformation from a non-cook to almost a gourmet cook!
JK

@contentandwell I ordered some slacks end of July not here yet

@lioness. That’s crazy! I hope they come soon.
JK

I have some good news to report..... for the first time since breaking my ankle 4 months ago, I was able to walk into Mayo to see my orthopedic surgeon for a followup appointment instead of using one of the hospital's wheelchairs. Not a perfect walk, but more of a hobble with some assist from my crutches. It was the first time I saw the parking ramp at St. Mary's instead of being dropped off at the door. Progress is slow and a lot of muscles are still on vacation, but I am getting steady progress in weight bearing, building strength and range of motion in physical therapy. The cause was a freak horse back riding accident when the horse I was riding was spooked by a loose dog while out trail riding. It's been a long and somewhat painful recovery, but that is going well and I am making good progress. Full recovery may take a year and I'm making small but solid improvements in learning how to walk again correctly.

Now that's gratitude worth celebrating @jenniferhunter. Congratulations for small but solid improvements.

Big congratulations that you are up and walking. Your physical therapy program and your equestrian spirit will help shorten your recovery progress. 🤞

Bet you will be back in the saddle sooner than predicted and riding a gentle horse.

I will write later and tell you about my close call when a neighbor’s horse that I was riding reared!🐎
This is how I felt: 🦥

@helenfrances Ellen, yes you are right! I will be riding a gentle horse soon... my own older horse. He was not sound enough to go on a trail riding trip with the girls, so I borrowed a horse from one of them that had been a brood mare but she wasn't ridden much, and didn't have prior trail experience except for the training we did with her riding local trails this spring to get ready for the trip. My horse is broke to death and would not have spooked at a loose dog and the accident would not have happened. I had to ride in last place because the mare was kicking at other horses which put me in position for the dog to come up behind me. I never saw the dog and there was no barking... no more green horses for me. I can ride my horse on the farm where he lives a little bit. He's such a fun guy who will unzip my jacket to look for the bag of carrots that he previously saw me stuff in there. I laughed when he did that. He follows me around wherever I go even off lead in the arena and he comes when I call him from the pasture. If you go to page 26 of this discussion, there is a photo of my horse and my cats are on page 19.