How a dumb idea was good

  When I was a second grader I had a great idea to jump out of the barn loft.  It really didn't look to far down, and I was sure that everyone would think that they needed to be my friend if I jumped out.  Who wouldn't want to be friends with an acrobat?  So I jumped..... And I was awesome..... Until I hit the ground.  I somehow landed on my foot wrong.
   I didn't exactly break it, I injured my heal plate.  It hurt something awful.  I went on crutches.  So instead of being the incredible acrobat I had imagined, I got mocked for being a klutz.                        One good thing did come out of my injury though.  I from time to time would have reoccurring pain in my heal.  My mom finally took me to an orthopedic surgeon.  He looked at my heal and discovered my injury was close to the growth plate and that's why the pain would come and go.  As soon as I was done growing the pain would go away too.
    That wasn't the good thing though.... I went to this orthopedic surgeon when I wasn't even eleven years old yet.  He found something else, that was that I have scoliosis.  He diagnosed me two years before the school screening. I had really early detection which allowed me to go into a brace that much earlier.  My scoliosis was progressive and I truly believe that getting into the brace that early was the reason I avoided surgery.  So see my idea to jump out of the barn loft was a great one!

Saying goodbye to my childhood home

Last week I helped my mom pack up the house that I grew up in. She has finally moved and I have had o lot of emotions about it.  It was like saying goodbye to an old friend.
  I have many memories of that old place, but truly I will miss the field more than anything.  I spent just about every day in that old field, walking around the rock pile, walking stick in my hand.   I would pretend I was a great explorer discovering new mountains.  My faithful companion my cat Garfield was always at my side.  In that field I saw my first shooting star and my first moon eclipse.  The field is why I love outdoors, prairie stories, and astronomy.
  It was hard to say good bye, but a nice young couple bought the house and they are expecting their first baby.  Maybe it will be a girl.  Maybe they will get an orange cat and the little girl will learn to love outdoors as much as me.  Or maybe they will have their own great memories in that old house and field.

My blog

I have decided to start a blog.  The title of my blog may seem strange to some of you, but it describes a few things that I may post about.   I have Scoliosis.  That is where the crooked part comes in.  I will write about the trials and tribulations of my dealing with this.  The backpacker part is my hobby.  I love backpacking and nature and hammock camping as well, so many posts will be about that.   I am also a Christian.  I will not apologize for the fact that God or God's glory may show up in my posts.  Its because of Him that I am who I am.  Other things that I may post about are ADHD and whatever is on my mind from one day to the next.  I think its best to just write an introductory post to start with.  If you have any questions I encourage comments and feed back so feel free to comment!