13 years ago I was in a really bad car accident. A friend had taken me out for my birthday. At the end of the night we were sitting in his van at a stoplight on a street I've now probably driven a hundred times, when we were rear ended by a drunk driver who was texting. She blew 3x the legal limit and it was not her first rodeo with DUIs. The force with which she hit the van with pushed it clear through the intersection and into the next block turning the van into a compact car. I know all of this from photos and reports as I have no memory of that night or frankly the surrounding days leading up to or after the accident.
I don't think about it often anymore, except when I have pain flares, usually as a result of re-injury to similar areas. This week it's my left hip. I was wearing a seat belt in the crash and have had left hip and right shoulder pain as well as neck and back pain on and off for years. However this weekend I took a fall on the hike and landed hard on my left hip. That jolt of pain is a clear reminder of why hands free devices matter, of why drinking 1 glass of water for every drink matters, why getting home before the bars close was some of the best advice my mother ever gave me.
So this year the reminder of the accident came in the form of a sore hip. But this memory like so many others are things I'd rather forget. But like so many others the reminders come in unusual ways, at unusual times and the universe doesn't seem to care about the impact.
Thankfully with this particular situation it's only physical pain. The others not hurt much more.
Signing off for now
C
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