Thank you @Garnet. She is still in the hospital. I am posting her story in her words, with her permission. It is really scary what she went through and how fragile life is.
"I donāt mind telling yāall, but I prefer not to answer any questions or tell it again so Iāll try to get it all in here. Plus Iām still processing this whole thing. If you feel itās too much to read please donāt go any further. Thank you all for the love and support. I promise my adventures in the future will be very tame as Iām done tempting the hands of fate, as much as I can control.
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I got sucked away by the currant at the Seawall @ 45th St in Galveston and before I knew it I was about a foot or two inside the forbidden jetty boundary and couldnāt swim hard enough to get back where I needed to be and as loud as I tried to yell and stay above the waves no one could hear or see me. Within seconds the waves were repeatedly slamming my body against the jetty and when it was being beaten it was being sucked under the water. I was trying to get above water and protect my head at the same time so wouldnāt be knocked. I got footing between two rocks to try to get where I could pull myself up, but the waves kept knocking me around on the rocks and sucking me under at the same time and when it happened it sprained my ankle a little. I finally was knocked, more like violently rolled head over heels and sideways, over to another part where I could fit my already injured foot and knee to stabilize a little. The sides of the jetties are very thick with slime and I couldnāt pull myself up because it was so slimy and the waves were still thrashing me around. I was able to use the boogie board that was still velcroed around my right wrist as an anchor on the jetty rocks and eventually drag myself up enough to get away from the waves.
My butt is on 
with bruising and cuts from the sharp jetty rocks which are made of huge chunks of granite. My legs are beat and cut to shit. My fingerprints on three of my right fingers will never be the same again because I was trying to hard to grab on and against the rocks to try to get control and to keep from hitting my head on them there are chunks torn from my fingers. My palms have cuts all over and my nails hurt from trying to grab however I could they weāre almost ripped off, there is a small cut where my pointer finger meets my palm that you can see the meat inside, my back has jetty rash really bad and from scrambling trying to get up the jetty the bottoms of my feet are cut up.
BUT IāM ALIVE! I fought really hard to survive this. There was at least twice that everything went completely white and bright and in those moments I said good bye to those I love because I was so terrified I wouldnāt make it out. I would keep trying to fight and it just felt like everything else was moving in normal time and I was in super slow motion.
I have sever muscle trauma and infection from the jetty rock cuts and jetty rash. Drowning has always been my biggest fear and now every time I close my eyes to sleep Iām fighting for my life all over again. I have to keep reminding myself that I already won that fightļæ¼.
I will be ok, I have my life and even though Iām in tremendous pain I feel so lucky to be here."
Iām so happy you like the badge and Iām thrilled to hear youāre enjoying the challenges! Thanks so much again for joining in- itās really thanks to you and everyone else who shared their magick that makes the challenges what they are! 
Your mermaid truly is lovely, may she bless your beautiful garden space with the coolness of the sea. I pray the heat and smoke settle down soon- please stay safe! 
but I have loved reading everyoneās entries, seeing everyoneās pictures, and hearing all of your thoughts. As a witch close to the sea, it warms my heart to know that others feel just as connected to the ocean as I do 
