I have long since learned that nothing goes according to MY plan! I am reasonably intelligent and so I can see how I think things should work out... Right!?!?! Of course things never turn out the way I think it should! I am 57 years old and I still have to learn that lesson over and over again! I am beginning to wonder if that lesson will ever stick!!! I recently thought that everything was going according to how I felt it should and of course the nano second I thought that, everything switched up on me again!!!
On Fridays, my sister Jen and mom have time together. Sometimes they go out to lunch or shopping or both or just hang out... AND get mom's hair done! (Mom has to be at death's door not to get her hair done!!!!) This past Friday as they were coming home from the beauty Salon mom started having a very weird conversation with Jen. Jen in the calm way that she has with everyone told mom to take deep breaths and that everything is going to be all right! It was like mom was holding a bowl of words and would just randomly pull one out and say it. These words had nothing to do with each other or what they had been talking about. Mom knew something was wrong and was scared and so was Jen. They were just a few minutes from home and Jen hit the gas to make it quicker! As Jen came through the door it quickly became apparent that something was really wrong. (As we know, I am not the calm one or the one that worries about using just the right words... What can I say it is just who I am!) I went outside and asked mom what was going on and as she answered me with absolute nonsense, I responded in my typical fashion... Mom, you aren't making any sense! It sounds like you are having a stroke! we are taking you to the hospital! (I am good at anxiety and even causing it in others!!!) Jen got mom into the car and got things going. Jen was in her car getting to the hospital in very good time! I was behind her and made not quite as good of time! She had the wheelchair and nurses running when I pulled up! Mom WAS having a stroke! She is home from the hospital and recovering actually really well. It is a good thing mom is so smart with a very large vocabulary because no one will be able to tell it is harder to come up with the right words! Jen and I did a lot of things together this past weekend because it is scary to deal with this kind of stuff on your own! Now here is the point of my telling about this challenge in our lives... All over the place are family and friends that love us and send good thoughts and prayers! Some of them we talk to more often then others! It doesn't matter, because I know they are there! All I have to do is say we are having a challenge or help and they do! Our Savior has put so many wonderful people into our lives it is amazing! I love them too! For all the people that are going through hurricanes, fires, and other horrendous trials there are people all over holding out their hands and love to you and wanting and waiting to help! Hang in there!!!
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