On Thanksgiving day we had 33 people at our home. Not everyone was family but we’d like to consider them family. 😉 My parents were in town and Neal had his parents here along with an uncle and his nephew and wife as well. Everyone else were friends and co-workers.
I was miserable. No, no, not because of everyone who was at the house … 😉 … I had a sinus infection that had my head in a vice and my body aching from all the coughing I did the night before. Every ounce of me wanted to crawl back into bed. Instead I wore (I hope) a gracious smile and went about hosting the day.
The following day I was down for the count and managed to crawl out of bed long enough to go to the doctor who prescribed me of all medications – steroids! Ugh 🙁 But they work like a charm and have come to aid in loosening the vice, stifling the cough and clearing the fog so I can feel like myself again.
In prayer this morning I was going over the past four or five days that have passed so quickly and it dawned on me how silent the illness made me over this period of time. It wasn’t that I couldn’t talk, instead because of the effort it would have taken I let certain comments slide that might have fueled a typical firestorm that tends to erupt around the holidays.
I realize this says more about me than anything…that I’ve held onto some things that are better left in the past where God has already taken care of them. God has brought me along this personal realization this past year with many aspects of my life but it never dawned on me to apply to reoccurring family issues.
Silence was golden for me this Thanksgiving and I guess God knew the only way to get me to that point was to take me out all together. 🙂 Now lets see if I can take the lesson and allow it to carry over from this day forward. (I’m sure Neal can only be praying!) LOL
Blessings
Shannon
