Posted by Dr. Judy at 3:00 am
© 2011 Dr. Judy Krings
What have you always wanted to do?
Why have you have kept it in a drawer?
What opportunity knocks?
Meet Heidi, my son Sean’s adorable girlfriend.
They weren’t hooked up last fall when she stepped up
to the plate and let her leadership, kindness, and
quick action planning take wing.
Nor had she ever para-sailed, a life’s dream.
Last fall, Heidi saved Sean’s life after he was attacked in Milwaukee.
Cold-cocked and looking dead, (We saw the tape and it was enough
to make me puke!) when he finally awoke, Heidi insisted he go to
the ER. He objected, thinking he was OK, but his inappropriate
verbalizations and her sharp instincts ruled. Harnessing her critical
thinking, she cajoled him to go to the ER.
I will never forget that day. It was about 4:30am.
Shocked, I had received an emergency call from Delaware that I
had better get there lickity-split. Mom was in the ER with
life-threatening blood clots. I was calling the airport praying for
a flight to DE when 5 minutes later the Milwaukee ER called to say
Sean had a brain bleed and other injuries and we better get there ASAP.
OMG! It’s a 75 minute drive in good traffic. Gulp and prayers.
Look for the good. Understanding clients were canceled on the drive.
Ken is a good driver. Both were alive, BUT I was a wreck. Mom had
someone with her at the hospital and things were looking better for her.
No way could I tell her about Sean, so I had to make an excuse until
I could arrange to fly to DE.
Thank God both recovered. Huge gratitude.
This photo of Heidi flying high in Puerto Valletta means the world to me,
even if she did tease me for insisting she get the most colorful parachute.
I told her she deserved color. I wanted the cheerful artist in her to savor
this photo forever.
How do you ever express your gratitude to the person who saved your son’s life?
I will never be able to, but at least I had the sheer joy of watching her have fun.
Healthy now, smiling Sean was sitting nearby with Ken, taking it all in.
Maybe you’ve saved someone’s life and maybe you haven’t, but just by being you,
you are special. You deserve to make your special dream come true, too. Go for it!
What if you pretended all the color’s in Heidi’s parachute were strengths.
Why not paint the stripes with strengths words and make a plan and
commit to use at least a day?
Or pretend it is you in the parka-sail harness.
What strengths would be flying with you?
OK if you want to go tandem, I’ll fly with you.
Tandem tootsies!
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