Well, slower start than expected as less than a week after my last (first) post, while out walking Mina, I fell, completely face-planted on the concrete, bloodied up my chin and hands and knees and cut the inside of my lower lip to ribbons. Still recovering from treatments and surgeries, I didn’t have enough core strength get up on my own, though some lovely Latina ladies, who were waiting with their kids for the school bus, ran to check on me, keep me calm, take care of Mina and call 911 for medical assistance. The Fire Paramedics came, they were very kind and helped me get to my feet, checked my vitals and made sure I wasn’t too shocky. I was just cold, wet (it had rained), embarrassed and in pain. I thanked everyone and walked the half block home with Mina to take it easy the rest of the day. And the next day. And the next few weeks as I began to realize I may have cracked a few ribs, pulled all kinds of muscles, and possibly sprained both wrists. It’s now been a little over a month and I’m finally feeling well enough to sit up in a chair for more than 10 minutes at a time, so I can begin working on my quilts – who knew how many back and abdominal muscles it took to be able to thread a sewing machine and step on the pedal?!
Here’s another quilt design idea I’m working on:
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