Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 November 2014

Lest we forget



Let us remember all the brave men and women who have served(and the current bunch as well)  this country both in our times of great need (war) and at peace. (at home and overseas) 
Lest we forget their service given freely and with pride, and lest we forget those who have paid the greatest price for our freedoms.  




Wednesday, 29 October 2014

The day I nearly died. My Story

Without a shadow of a doubt the worst day in my life was 1st November 2013, I can not think of a much more harrowing and terrifying experience than what I woke up to that morning.  A Fire! but to make matters worse my fridge freezer was fully ablaze and kicking out very toxic smoke, 3 lung full would have been fatal to put that in perspective 5-6 is what it normally takes. I came within minutes of death. And to be able to say that at an exact date and time in my life I know I was not far from death is/was a terrifying experience, but strangely also liberating after all I survived and am here to tell the tale. And I know that I acted selflessly and put the safety of other first that day before my own, I faced my challenge and emerged stronger for it in the long run.  Thinking back on it I don't recall any fear at the time all that came after or any emotion for that matter.
I went into auto pilot.

It did send me into a darker mindset and shake me up for a while there is no denying that, I second guess every one of my actions. Kept reliving it and various version of it both real and imaginary in my head when I tired to sleep for the first few days.And it snuck up and got me week later when I thought I had got through all of it.