My previous post to this journal was on May 8, 2004. On May 9, on a beautiful Spring day in San Diego, I was involved in a terrible car accident. My van was nearly totaled and I sustained many injuries, including multiple fractures to my legs, a broken arm, and head laceration.

My journey back is only beginning. I spent most of May, all of June and three fourths of July in Kindred Hospital here in San Diego. Late last month, my casts were removed and I began to feel more normal. Still, I require 24-hour nursing care and can only get out of bed with the aid of a lift operated by a nurse. I'm even still wearing one of those silly, open-backed hospital gowns. ;-)

Thanks to the love, prayers and visits of my family and friends, I am getting through this ordeal.

One last thought: Never take anything for granted.

David