A MiLLiON THANK YOU'S WiLL NEVER BE ENOUGH
Uncle Let & Auntie Olive, the Tena's, the Cooper's, the Jutba's, Uncle Manny, the Applebaum's, Auntie Audrey and JR., the Marriot Staff, PORT OPS, Ronny, Bob, Lora, Kev, Cici, Jessica A., Bri-o, Zo, Marhcus, Tim, Chris, Ron, Chado, the countless churches in Palm Beach County AND Broward County, PBSO, the Greens Community at Lacuna, Auntie Alma & the Paje family, the Espinoza's, [ hendersen ] Pamela Pam & Alejandra, Ms. Tolerton, Ms. Sestrich, Ms. Noelk, Ms. Sissy, Bernice, Lauren, Elena, Lori, the rest of the HASP staff, & all 33 of my kids!, Kim and the Blas family, the Pizarro's, the Tinio's, Baskwill, & the best lil'-sisters-best-friends, Jahara - the visits and the (hospital)bed-side phone calls have helped the recovery and healing process on levels beyond explanation, beyond our world.
My Very Own Life Savers: The Delray Medical Center Emergency Response Unit, the Trauma-Hawk team - for my first $5000 helicopter ride, the ER Trauma Team - for making all the incisions and insertions absolutely PAiNLESS, the Eucharistic Minister and hospital Chaplains who came to visit my bed everyday for daily communion and for understanding why i could not make it through an Our Father or Hail Mary without crying - i will always hold that rosary close to my heart, my physical therapist marc, my breathing/respiration therapists anne & Dr. (can never pronounce his name), the ICU staff - espcially, vinny and candy, the Trauma Step-Down Staff (angie, shay, shannon, marie, maria, seena, lauren) - especially june (for the percocets so i could sleep without feeling any pain), audrey (even though you woke me up every night at 11pm, 3am, and then again at 7am for vitals!), marcus (for stealing me a banana every morning so i didnt have to eat that yucky breakfast!), John - for waking me (AGAiN) every morning for my xrays and not charging me rent after staying in the hospital for THAT long!, and charlot - THE best/most funny nursing staff i hope to ever have to know, eileen - the best charge nurse in the world, for letting me hold your hand when the pain was at its worse, & Dr. Ferber - thanks for FINALLY removing the damn tube from my chest ...
MY LOVES: Jenna, Rem, Lis, Ives , She - ya'll are my angels FORREAL. no more shaky voices though, everythings alright. without you guys in mind ... i really dont know what.
AN UNSUNG HERO:to a certain man whose name i never caught. sometimes its hard to decide whether you were real or not. but i am almost certain that you saved my life by sitting down on that road and helping me breathe. you turned my head away when all i could do was watch the chaos all around. you held me up when i otherwise would have fallen into full blown shock and never have felt my legs again. you are proof that everyday heroes exist. i am blessed, yet again, to have another angel in my life.
& FiNALLY, MY HEART: Tatu and the Lindqvist family, Michelle, Ryan (you are my world), CJ and Joy (you are stronger than i am, i love you for taking care of me and making me laugh even though it SERiOUSLY hurt my lungs), & Mom and Dad - for breaking my heart by trying to keep it together when i couldnt do it myself. i am here because of your love and prayers.
i find myself
but my grandpa carl says to get back on the damn horse (even though it may not be another bmw). my mother tells me to take it day by day. everything happens for a reason and my dad says to look at the experience as another blessing.
indeed. i am sure now more than ever that i am blessed - all the people during the past few weeks and miracles in small packages are proof. God has a bigger plan for me and this was not a setback. life is set in a new perspective and sooner rather than later, i will be back on my feet right there on top of the world yet again. thank you for everything, everyone.
i love you and miss you all.