mollyo

Oh my gosh thank you!!!!!!! Man, I love skydivers. We are so cool!

Hello fellow skydivers! You might remember reading a post by Bill Von Novak back in June in this forum- about a very emotional weekend where I finally got back in the air after my skydiving injury about 16 months ago now. It felt so good! Since getting back in the air, I finally feel complete, at home! My life is finally back after a very long road. Now I want to do something good for others & I have been given this great opportunity. Since getting my "wings" back I got asked to be a part of Jump for the Cause! Holy cow!! What a way to get back into skydiving!! Many of you may know already, I have agreed to pledge at least $2250 for my slot on the formation in ~6 weeks- Jump for the cause is 10/13-10/19. You are probably asking yourself why the heck I am waiting 6 weeks before the event to raise money?! Well, its just now in a position where I would be considered to be on the Women's World record attempt. I guess you could say I am a very late addition and it is such a huge opportunity for me & for such a good cause that I want to make it work! so, I was thinking that probably already alot of skydivers have given money to other girls on it already...but if there is just one person out there who was debating about giving money towards the cause..... Maybe think about pledging it to Jump for the Cause but for me? I certainly don't have $2250, especially in 6 weeks, but I could charge it....well, you would make my credit card bill smaller if even you could donate a buck!! For more information on Jump for the Cause, please go and check out www.jumpforthecause.com if ya haven't already. This is a 501© 3 non-profit organization and your donation is tax deductible. If you would like to make a pledge for Jump for the Cause, email me or you can mail checks directly to Jump for the Cause, just note on it that it is for my pledge. All checks to be written out to Jump for the Cause too. Thank you in advance for your generosity & taking the time to read this! blueskies!! Molly Osborne skymolly2@aol.com

Hello fellow skydivers! You might remember reading a post by Bill Von Novak back in June about a very emotional weekend where I finally got back in the air after my skydiving injury about 16 months ago now. It felt so good! Since getting back in the air, I finally feel complete, at home! My life is finally back after a very long road. Now I want to do something good for others & I have been given this great opportunity. Since getting my "wings" back I got asked to be a part of Jump for the Cause! Holy cow!! What a way to get back into skydiving!! Many of you may know already, I have agreed to pledge at least $2250 for my slot on the formation in ~6 weeks- Jump for the cause is 10/13-10/19. You are probably asking yourself why the heck I am waiting 6 weeks before the event to raise money?! Well, its just now in a position where I would be considered to be on the Women's World record attempt. I guess you could say I am a very late addition and it is such a huge opportunity for me & for such a good cause that I want to make it work! so, I was thinking that probably already alot of skydivers have given money to other girls on it already...but if there is just one person out there who was debating about giving money towards the cause..... Maybe think about pledging it to Jump for the Cause but for me? I certainly don't have $2250, especially in 6 weeks, but I could charge it....well, you would make my credit card bill smaller if even you could donate a buck!! For more information on Jump for the Cause, please go and check out www.jumpforthecause.com if ya haven't already. This is a 501© 3 non-profit organization and your donation is tax deductible. If you would like to make a pledge for Jump for the Cause, email me or you can mail checks directly to Jump for the Cause, just note on it that it is for my pledge. All checks to be written out to Jump for the Cause too. Thank you in advance for your generosity & taking the time to read this! blueskies!! Molly Osborne skymolly2@aol.com

thats because I didn't jump yet and it wasn't planned. cool- looks like I am going to be jumping in alaska...! I will call you!

Johnny- Thanks for your response and I am glad, to be a part of a "moment" for you too. I will say, I look at things much differently now...appreciate everything more....but also, that yes...that we are all so much more capable of things than we think- so if I helped you with that- then very cool. Because you can-do what you want to do, never limit yourself. But also, I am sure if you were put in a similiar situation...you would realize it too like I did- I mean, basically I had 2 choices as I layed there in pain in my hospital bed- 1. I can give up and never get better/never get back to my full potential or 2. try...just continue to try. My leaps were so, so, so small, esp. in the beginning (it just hurt to do everything..I remember being so "happy" if I could NOT feel miserable for 30 minutes. I thought that was great.) I just knew, I so wanted my life back, I wanted to make the choice to jump out of a plane again, not let my potential physical limitations do it for me. I guess what I am getting at (i think) is that, in extremely difficult situations..it is amazing how the human body can recover and how mentally we can work. NOt everyone but many (I witness the fighters vs. the passive personalitys daily at work- the irony is I work in a spinal cord injury unit.- which is motiviting in itself.) My patients DON'T HAVE TO CHOICE-even to walk..let alone skydive or whatever..but I have a second chance. I need to "take advantage" of that or run an extra mile for all those who cannot. so, lets jump sometime!!

I am debating keith!! (jumping) I am planning...scheming....thinking.... At first, I thought, "no. New DZ..." but potentially yes... I am devising a plan to be able to jump my own canopy potenitally in Alaska.... but I am probably going to need you and Barbs help.... well your rigs anyway....just for a few jumps...(maybe before we go-barbs maybe, and yours in alaska...) if we can work that out... then yes....

To Scottbre- but it is!!! We use a #3 ball and its a great cardiovascular workout!! It's co-ed too, I got totally plowed over 3 weeks ago by a 250# guy....so there is some taste of actual rugby...

I remember you Lisa!!!!!

I got tipped off by Kate Cooper's email today that something was posted!! (sorry Kate, I haven't emailed you back yet) (but I should have known this anyway) So, where do I start? I have yet to figure out the words to explain my emotions (if there ever will be any words that I can use) of this weekend. It's just, finally, I am home. I am complete. It has been a very rough year, just the medical standpoint of course, the pain...but also to learn to grip with the fact that, something that I love so much could do this to me. (yes, I know it was all me- pilot error, but just the fact something that gave me joy could give me pain) Also, to deal w/ all the emotions...to try to explain to Whuffos what it means to be a skydiver and why I would do it again...I had some pretty nasty, mean responses back to me too. It has been very hard on my family and sad too, because they do not want to know if I skydive again. So, I can't share probably the best moment of my life with my family is hard. But I had 2 physical goals I needed to acheive before I would try to jump. Not that you need to do these things to jump, but I did them before I got hurt and to me, it meant I was getting my life in order. So, on 5/23, I finally ran 5 miles, one of my goals. Then that weekend, I went to Dallas to play in a touch rugby tournament. I played like, 7 games on saturday!! (another goal) so, ever since then (also picking out colors for my container, and other triggers..) the emotions had been building. Bill and I went out friday and we talked about skydiving...recurrency...I was leading towards no, that I didn't want to do it yet. but by sunday, and see how beautiful it was out...(and how I am starting to relate costs/expenses of every day items to jump ticket costs) I start to go besirk...(?sp) I needed to know...can I skydive again?? Will I come over my fears? anxiety? Will I screw up again? I was going nuts. so I called bill... and off I went. The car ride....I think I hit every emotion...laughing...crying...fear...you name it. but, by the time we were revewing things, I felt so much better..I was less scared.. We geared up...it was weird...it felt, well, like I did it yesterday..but not really? Dunno. Plane ride- Yes, Bill, I was deep in thought. Reveiwing everything in my mind...Just like you, this_jump_had_to_go_well. There has been a huge chunk of my soul missing for a year...I cannot explain...I have not felt right...and if this didn't do it for me...then, what would I do? I am REALLY glad you didn't tell me you were nervous Bill!!!! Just as Bill described the jump...foreign feeling at first...I felt kinda like a student again....but one he let go of me...and I saw his smiling face...and I could fly right to him.... my life came back..I am home...I am here.. oh my god...(this is were I cannot describe my emotions especially) The only time I was truly nervous was once I got below 1000 ft under canopy....I just knew..."ok, this is when you did something stupid" (thank god I don't remember my accident) But then I landed...ok! I just stood there...and started to cry...well, baul my eyes out... I just held on to Bill when he came over...I didn't want to let go. Bill is one of the most wonderful people I know, if not the most wonderful. The things you have done for me Bill, I cannot put into words...(english was my worst subject...) from before I was hurt, to when I got hurt...the time, the things you did for me in the hospital, rehab, after I got discharged.. I don't think I could've jumped if you were not here to do it with me. (again, thanks for not telling me how nervous you were in the plane) Thank you Bill, Thank you also, Judy, Robert... I am glad you were there on the ground too. Thank you. Well, everyone... I am back. I am home, I am so, so, home. My spirit is finally healed. I will see you all in the sky. Love Molly

Yeah, if anyone got a pic of me and kate with the skydiver blond beer, i want a copy!!! Bill, just reading this again, makes me sad too. I have missed out on so much the last 9 months. I can't wait to have my life back- or more specifically, my skydiving life back. Sniff, sniff. Keith-it was nice dancing with ya too!