Hello Everyone,
I hope you have had a good week. Will and I just came home from doing some grocery shopping because tomorrow Miles comes to stay with us for the week. We are meeting Deborah and Grant at her brother's wedding midstate, putting the car seat in our car and driving home with our grandson. We are so thankful to have the opportunity to spend the time with him.
A very good friend texts me each morning with a thought for the day. She talked about praying this was a "gentle" day. I loved that. Now I look at each day and hope for that gentleness of pain, of attitude, of faith, of perserverance, and of kindness from me and to me. The word just has a natural feeling for me.
Have I experienced that gentleness each day this week? The pain level is more managed thanks to hospice care and my nurse, Kathy. I have some very painful hemorrhoids that the prescribed meds aren't cracking yet. Without those I really think I'd see a difference of pain.
My attitude has been more peaceful, enjoying the porch, a book, a walk. My faith is thankful for the caring and strength the Lord shows to me.
I hope I've made a difference in someone's life this week by being kind to them. I hope I don't get into that mindset of taking but never reciprocating.
Of course I'm prejudice but I think Nadine and John make a beautiful and joyfilled couple. They are so full of love for me as they continue to research clinical trials and alternative treatment. They are coming to Philly next weekend for a visit. How blessed I am to see all my kids this week.
Thanks for your support. Did you notice that I left perserverance out of my gentle accountability list? There are days I feel like a burden to others and wonder how this is going to play out and in what time frame. Then there are days, I think, "Yea, I'm still here and they can all continue to enjoy me!"
Blessings for this weekend.
Much love,
Deb
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Deb, I'm anticipating how much fun you & Will will have with Miles this week. Since I think Miles calls you Mica, this came to mind:
ReplyDeleteMica Morning
It's a Mica morning!
What shall we play today?
Let's take a walk, let's have a talk.
I have so much to say!
It's a Mica morning!
What shall we have for lunch?
Let's smell some roses and rub noses.
I love you a whole bunch!
With love & prayers,
B.J.
Hi Deb,
ReplyDeleteYou've been in my thoughts and prayers.
How wonderful that your family has so much to celebrate, not the least of which is more time to enjoy you.
Thinking of you,
Jill
Looking forward to hearing how your week with Miles went. My mother is out of the hospital. She had a heart attack and a stroke. She was unable to talk or hear and Marian and I started making plans for the funeral. Within a week she was back at the nursing home in exactly the condition she was in before her stroke and heart attack. No apparent effects, no
ReplyDeletesignificant deterioration. Go figure. This life is an unpredictable affair. I don't think we can even know the full meaning and effect of our lives during our own lifetimes. My mother doesn't even know she has great grandchildren and has given life to at least a half dozen families. It is more for the living to make sense of the lives that precede ours. And to keep faith with them and the Lord of every life. Seeing these photos, it is not hard to make sense of your life. It is a life well-lived.
Jay