I remember hitting the tree.
My motorcycle slammed along
the pavement as I flew.
“Mom’s going to be so mad.”
I landed on the back of
my right shoulder and head.
My helmet saved my life.
My sweatshirt saved my skin.
The wind was knocked out of me
as my body skipped along the road.
I thought for sure I would taste blood,
something must have ruptured.
As I struggled to remove my helmet,
a woman who witnessed the accident,
pleaded with me to leave my helmet on.
I had to take it off. Something was in my mouth.
I wanted it out. It didn’t take long to realize
my right arm didn’t work, and my right knee
wasn’t functioning. It took a few more days
to learn I had broken my tailbone. Too much swelling
had hid the break from the doctors.
The right side of my body shut down and I was bedridden.
They said three months of possible
bedtime and limited movement. I was up and hobbling around
with a crutch in roughly two weeks. Surgery and all.
I might not have been thinking when I was irresponsible
enough to hit a tree at 90 MPH, but I wasn’t about to let one
of my best failures get in the way of the rest of my life.
-M. Taggart
Beautiful and marvellously penned
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Thank you. I’m literally happy to be alive.
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You are some ” lucky “. God was with you that day.
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😱😱😱 . . . . 👍😁🙏
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🙂
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Geez Matt… this made my stomach hurt. When I was married, I watched as my husband slid his motorcycle and that was horrific enough! I can’t imagine “walking away” from a tree… you and your family are blessed indeed. (I often think of your wife and hope she is doing well.) much love to you all.
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Yea the 19 year old me really went all out in that one. I walk a bit oddly because of it but I don’t mind lol. Someone would really need to be concentrating on my right leg to notice. Megan is good. We have our days, hard to shake that one. But we are good 😀 thank you for thinking of us.
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Always, my friend
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Wow. Amazing what a body can take.
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Indeed. It was an interesting moment lol
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