Thank you Erin!

Erin, thanks for helping me get back me. Last year was dreadful not being able to garden. With your help. guidance, patience, and most of all encouragement, I am back in my garden, where I find balance and peace.

One of my favorite activities is gardening. It is an integral part of who I am. It is where God and I meet and have our one on one conversations. If I can't get my hands dirty digging in the dirt, I'm not happy.
When I had my accident and sustained the neck injury, I couldn't garden. Last year I was miserable looking at my yard and knowing it was missing me and the love and attention it deserved. I was only able to do a minimal amount of gardening in the veggie patch, and tend to a few flowers. And that was in the Sequim garden where the ground is level. Our garden in Bellevue is on a slope, with just a small flat portion at the bottom of the hill. I couldn't do much and both the yard and I suffered for it.

When I started physical therapy, my physical therapist asked what I wanted to be able to do again. Knitting and gardening. Erin is the best, she listened to what I said, and worked with me, and helped me get back into the dirt (and of course, back to knitting). I want Erin to see what I have been doing at least four days a week instead of coming into the gym to work out. I have my own stairclimber, weights to lift, and walking, lots and lots of walking, up and down stairs.

Erin, again thanks for helping me get back a big part of me.

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This poor bed is a sorry, sorry mess.

Baby Boomer Sue