A word many of us hear many times and places throughout our life. During this past two weeks’ time I had the chance to address it again as I have many different times and situations.

Most times adversity strikes without warning. Something is fine today and then, sometimes through our own neglect, we are facing what to us is a hard crisis or problem.

Two weeks ago adversity hit my life again. Being with the team in Tennessee for the Southern Scuffle my bad knee (L) got infected. After a visit to the emergency room and a flight back to Minnesota I found myself at the Mayo Clinic, ready for surgery.

Now, after 4 total knee operations, I thought I pretty well knew what to expect. The infection was worse than they thought, the joint was loose so they had to take my entire knee out and leave it out for 72 days.

There is not a lot of words that prepare you for such news. Many things race through your mind as you try and get a handle of what going on: What do I have to do? Do I control the pain? And how am I going to get through this?

Adversity has reared its ugly head again in my life and the idea from our staff is to have me share some of the thoughts, feelings, and emotion we all go through when we deal with adversity.

Adversity comes in all sizes and degrees but developing some mechanics to hold the beast at bay will help in any given situation.

- J Robinson

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