THIS IS PART OF TERRI WEBSTER’S SUNDAY STILLS.
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Travels on roads at home and abroad 💜
Author: willowdot21
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Eleven years ago I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " not quite but with the help of a walking stick and as long as I do not stand or sit in one position for too long, I am still standing! Update I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust, I will of been married 50yrs plus this year . Pain and boredom are my enemies now, I have to find different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light ?? I need to update this a little here. I have worked very hard over the years since my accident, I go to the gym regularly, I have a Pilates class and a core class once a week . The guys at the gym and my Pilates teacher cajoled, teased, bullied and encouraged me to abandon my walking stick! :) My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and as strongly as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well. I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits. View all posts by willowdot21
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Excellent photos!
Thank you Dan
Great photos, Sis!
Thank you Sis happy memories 💜💜
Wow, great shots of roads more (not less) taken, Willow! I really like the shot of the street in Portugal! I’m always amazed at how Portugal resembles San Diego in its scenery.
I have not been to San Diego but it must be a really beautiful place 💜💜
It is, Willow, it’s just gotten so crowded and congested in the last few years.
It’s a shame, too many cars 💜
That shot in Portugal looking down the steep hill could have been in San Francisco – yikes!
Well I have yet to visit San Francisco but it’s on my list! Terri said it looked like San Diego …so I guess it’s the steepness of the hill 💜
One of the must dos of visiting San Francisco is taking the cable cars from Powell Street to Fisherman’s Wharf. If’s a heart stopping experience. San Diego is a beautiful city but SF has got more character — in my opinion! Course character can also have a dark side.
Yes indeed, our youngest son is visiting San Francisco this week for work. We hope to visit there soon with our eldest son 💜
Great pics Willow. I was never happy driving on Motorways.
Thank you Glyn glad you like the photos. I don’t mind driving on Motorways though I do not drive much these days 💜
These are great pictures. Looking at these, I think my interpretation of this week’s prompt was a bit off 🫣.
Not at all Robbie it all up to personal view. I loved your photos. 💜
great pictures, Willowdot21
Thank you 💜