Music Leads The Dance Of Love AT FORTY FIVE Magazine Issue 2021 13

gardening. I made a big decision
in January to do something I
really wanted, I wanted to be
able to work anywhere with or
without the boys, and they still
like spending time with me and
we love to camp. So, I traded in
my VW Beetle and bought an SUV
that would pull a travel trailer. We
had one for years and I had just
started to get comfortable taking
it by myself, yet I had to give it
up the divorce settlement, yet I
wasn’t going to let that stop me.
I found a great little one and
I bought it! I remember driving
home – terrified and so excited.
Oh, the adventures I was going
to have. The first two were
fantastic, one with just me and
the dogs and one with the boys.
I was so proud of myself – this
was a massive deal for me and
so out of my comfort zone, yet
I wasn’t going to let it stop me.
The first time I had to hook it up
it took me about 12 tries to get
the car in place and I can’t back
it up into my driveway yet (ok I
am not very good at backing it
up at all).
Then on our third trip, I had
an accident. I fell out of the trailer
and did major damage to my
knee. An ambulance ride to the
hospital and then emergency
surgery later that week.
On The Sofa For Months
That was just the start. I
was on the sofa for months.
The first six weeks my sister
dropped everything, flew across
the country, and took care of
me. I didn’t see my bedroom or
bathroom for almost 11 weeks, it
was upstairs, and I couldn’t do
the stairs.
I did a pretty good job with
keeping it together for the first
eight weeks or so but once my
sister had to go, I was home alone
a lot (I do a week on week off
custody with my boys), couldn’t
drive, couldn’t go upstairs,
couldn’t get a shower – it is brutal
when you have to call a friend to
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