An Important Message from “Hope, Healing and Humour”

As some of you will know, until recently I was away from Medium (apart from a handful of posts) for more than a year, beginning when I was preparing to move from England last spring and return to Canada. I was moving to Ontario to stay with a dear friend who was terminally ill, and we thought he had a year — perhaps longer — that we could enjoy together. Sadly, an unexpected situation arose and he died almost as soon as I arrived. We had one lovely evening together, and for that I am grateful. But his was not an easy death and the few weeks I was there were terribly distressing. I had to move again shortly after his death. My belongings hadn’t even made it halfway across the Atlantic. I returned to Calgary, where I’d lived most of my life before moving to England. Shortly after arriving, I slipped on the ice, <a href="https://medium.com/hope-healing-and-humour/how-to-blow-up-your-life-in-one-horrible-split-second-94f6fd1f4a29" rel="noopener">ripped the quadriceps muscle off the bone and broke my kneecap</a> rather spectacularly. <a href="https://medium.com/hope-healing-and-humour/an-important-message-from-hope-healing-and-humour-90ff847bb223">Learn More</a>