A year ago today, I received a new hip. Routine surgery I’m told, but life changing for me. Months of excruiating pain replaced, initially, by the feeling of having been hit by a bus. Luckily that lasted only a couple of weeks.
My first major surgery; also the first time I fainted on standing; and the first time I took more than one pill in a day. The weeks of exercises to learn to walk unaided. The challenges with sitting and even using the bathroom. Most especially the loss of independence, relying on a wonderful family to indulge my need to get out of the house. Continue reading “One Year Ago”
Many people find it hard to find the one thing they want to do with their time that makes them happy. For some, they know from an early age that they will be a doctor, lawyer, baker, etc. I never knew. Still don’t. But I do love photography. Over the past year, I’ve immersed myself in it, studied it, practiced it. But it’s been a bit of a hard road. 
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