Why is it that we have to share sickness with our spouses? Apparently this ‘bug’ takes some time to cultivate in the system because I’ve been fine all day and NOW I’m not feeling well. Normally not feeling well by the end of the day is not an issue because I could try and pawn off dinner to Neal and rest. However, tonight I have a ‘family dinner’ with the young adults here at the house. We are doing pancakes for dinner (their request).
I enjoy these dinners and I want to be ‘present’ to them but it feels like I’ve got a sumo wrestler standing behind me with his hands pressed on my temples using my head as a bicep master. I don’t have a fever so I don’t believe I’m contagious…and I don’t have their numbers to call and cancel. SO, it is what it is. 🙂
I did manage to have a very nice lunch with a friend that I haven’t caught up with in awhile. I am also very proud of myself because Neal and I began a 12 week ‘Body for Life’ program today to get ourselves eating better and I met my friend at my FAVORITE restaurant…Chimichurri’s!!! And do you know that I only had a mixed field salad and chicken soup??? Yes, now see, that lightens my head a little bit. 😉 Maybe it’s going ‘healthy’ that is making me sick! (yeah, I wish because I’d cure that real quick).
Anyway, my friend has recently lived through a time of visiting hell and then being pulled from the abyss by God’s grace and one poignant comment she made to me today really stuck and I knew I wanted to share it. (this is very paraphrased) “I don’t know what could cause more pain than what I’ve been through (other than losing a child) that could hurt, literally hurt and leave me feeling in utter despair…but the greatest gift I’ve been given is knowing that I can survive that despair and that there IS a day that it gets better and the days get lighter and the hurt begins to heal and soon can be a memory. I now know I can survive anything.”
She is strong and I’m so proud of her.
Now I pray I can get this sumo guy off my back! Knock him d0wn to size and be light on my feet again. 🙂
Blessings
Shannon