Since last Thursday I have been in bed. No I'm not depressed. I've been really really sick. 2 weeks ago Friday the girls and and got rear-ended. I seemed all right except that my neck was sore. Then on Thursday I started throwing up. I couldn't keep food down etc. I have an ulcer that decided to appear. Massive amounts of pain. I have had an ulcer before. This one is worse than anything I've ever experienced. I was finally able to get to the doctor. He gave me meds. They didn't work right away. Still throwing up. It's a great weight-loss program. So a week later I'm still in bed....it's distressing.
Life still goes on. Things still have to be done, after all we have 2 children and we have a business. It never stops. We are quite busy and my darling husband was already stressed to the max. So take me out of the equation and all of what I normally do falls to him. He has been absolutely amazing. He hasn't complained once. I can just see him getting more and more tired. The girls have been very helpful and worried. My mom and friends have checked in every day. I have been having great text chats. Text chats are nice because you can do them as you feel up to it.
As Hurricane Sandy made it's way along the Eastern Sea Board and as we have been watching war documentaries about WWII I was thinking about how blessed I am. I am blessed that I have a warm bed. I have clean running water. I have electricity. I have access to the internet to figure out how to help myself get better. I have stores nearby that I can send someone to to get healing things. I have a wonderful husband who willingly and cheerfully takes on the challenge. I have my mom and friends who care and do all they can to help. Really, if one has to be sick, this is the most ideal place to be in.
We have had to cancel our trip down to Southern California. That bummed me out. But as a friend pointed out to me the other day, we have only post-poned it. It's not cancelled. The girls were very good about it. They were really looking forward to the trip. I guess this offered them a teachable moment in learning how to accept change, even disappointing change, with grace.
In all this is a very weird, isolated bit of downtime I am experiencing. I do believe that there is purpose in it. I do believe that God holds my days in His hands and therefore this is not a waste. I shall look forward to seeing what that purpose is!
Life still goes on. Things still have to be done, after all we have 2 children and we have a business. It never stops. We are quite busy and my darling husband was already stressed to the max. So take me out of the equation and all of what I normally do falls to him. He has been absolutely amazing. He hasn't complained once. I can just see him getting more and more tired. The girls have been very helpful and worried. My mom and friends have checked in every day. I have been having great text chats. Text chats are nice because you can do them as you feel up to it.
As Hurricane Sandy made it's way along the Eastern Sea Board and as we have been watching war documentaries about WWII I was thinking about how blessed I am. I am blessed that I have a warm bed. I have clean running water. I have electricity. I have access to the internet to figure out how to help myself get better. I have stores nearby that I can send someone to to get healing things. I have a wonderful husband who willingly and cheerfully takes on the challenge. I have my mom and friends who care and do all they can to help. Really, if one has to be sick, this is the most ideal place to be in.
We have had to cancel our trip down to Southern California. That bummed me out. But as a friend pointed out to me the other day, we have only post-poned it. It's not cancelled. The girls were very good about it. They were really looking forward to the trip. I guess this offered them a teachable moment in learning how to accept change, even disappointing change, with grace.
In all this is a very weird, isolated bit of downtime I am experiencing. I do believe that there is purpose in it. I do believe that God holds my days in His hands and therefore this is not a waste. I shall look forward to seeing what that purpose is!
1 comment:
I love you and am so sorry for this bit on the journey and so appreciate your perspective! As your momn, I wish it was me, but then it's your journey and I can't keep you from it no matter how much I would like to!! Praying as you know and "on call" when you need me!!
Love, Mom
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