Archive | June 2015
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Inspirational Improvement
You know how some people just seem to have more than their fair share of struggles? I have felt this way about a good friend of mine who has chronic health issues, found herself going through a divorce a few years ago, and has terrible problems with her children. The last time I saw her, […]
Silence
Today I read a little quote that really struck me by Matthew Kelly, “Things start to make sense in the classroom of silence. Whatever it is you are trying to make sense of, are you giving it the silence it needs?” I thought about this and realized how difficult it can be for me to […]
Talking With a Friend
Today I was happy to get a phone call from a far away friend. A while back she told me that her mother had just been diagnosed with cancer. She was able to spend some time with her as she started her chemotherapy and radiation. She said it was difficult to see her mom struggling […]
Corpus Christi
I was so happy to wake from a sound sleep this morning and feeling better. Both my mom and dad did some heavy napping today and things are getting back to our “normal”. We did not make it to church in the morning and as I was reading the local Catholic newspaper, I realized it […]
Selfless Sister
I guess I was more stressed than I realized with everything that has happened the past couple of days as I woke up early this morning with a splitting headache. I could feel the stress working up and did what I could to reduce the toll it was taking on my body, but evidently it […]
Home To Recover
My dad had a very difficult night last night. He had a bad reaction to one of the medications and was seeing and hearing things all night long. He was still pretty distraught when my mom and I got there this morning and his blood pressure was way up. It was a rocky morning for […]
God Is There Too
Well, they did many different tests on my dad today and they all came out normal. Like everything, this is good and bad. Good that there is nothing that jumps out as going horribly wrong. Bad that we don’t really have an answer as to what IS going on. They are working on adjusting his […]
Better and Not
We had made plans to go and stay in the mountain cabin for a few days, but yesterday my mom wasn’t feeling well so we postponed the visit until after she could see the doctor. She has a history of stomach problems and was afraid it was acting up again. Her appointment was bright and […]
Decisions Made
You know that pile of papers that just builds higher and higher? I just don’t understand why it is so difficult to keep up with. I have been trying to work on mine a little every day. I finally got most of them sorted out and got some filed away. Today I got my medical insurance […]
An Amazing Memory
My mother has an amazing memory that seems to be more and more clear as she continues on an upward swing. We always laugh about how she would probably remember all the details of any event from any number of years ago, but at the same time she can forget why she walked into a room. […]