Tag: Family
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Queasy
Yesterday I actually got to watch as my Therapist took apart my bandage. I don’t think I have really observed it due to the angles of the surgical site on my arm. This time though I saw the bandage come undone and then the boatloads of gauze keeping my surgical site dry and clean. Still…
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The Nuances of Life
Yesterday I ended up driving my Mom and brother to the podiatrist. Not quite 2 weeks since surgery and I’ve still got a couple more days with it on. Again I found myself sitting right in front of my former workplace. A distant memory came back to me. The church lady and friend Yvonne came…
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Sunday Morning of the 21st
Once Mom left my room and she and Dad headed towards Sullivan, I tried to go back to sleep. I had at least 3 alarms to make sure I woke up to prepare the Lasagna. Yet I had a heavy heart… I prayed over the situation and that help would be presented and somehow things…
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What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?
Writing Prompt: Both sides of my family were faithful to church families. They had loving and strong communities at Bethel and Pleasantville Methodist Church when I was born. I have literally spent a lifetime in the Methodist Church because of my ties to the Pleasantville Church. Yet it never crossed my mind ever to make…
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Nausea…
Yesterday, I woke up feeling pretty good considering my arm was dead from the clavicle pain bloc on Thursday. Then somehow Friday to Saturday it turned from feeling numb to being like a couple of bricks instead of my arm. It happens slowly until I get worn out from not sitting down and propping it…
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Odds N Ends
Today started really early this morning when my Dad finally answered his phone. The time was before 5 am. Since then their day has been topsy turvy and so has mine. Of course they had it worse than I have today at least I was able to make it to Homecoming and they were able…
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Celebrations of Life
The past week has been a myriad of emotions when I think of the death of Charlie Kirk and my Grandma’s 99th birthday. The profound sadness I was engulfed in especially last Wednesday and Thursday was punctured when I got the message that Ericka Kirk was speaking to the World on Friday night. Only 2…
Jewells of Thought 