Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Glad you are home and well cared for.
You must be so happy !!
Which makes me worry more about her health issues, with that stress.
That was pretty much her last few post.
At my age it is so confusing. We had a here i am and an i am here. One of them went off to ER with abdominal pains and was never heard of again, and one left. Which one are you?
I think it is more random chaos myself--life, that is-- though snowflakes and cut cabbages and have some very intricately sculpted patterns. If you watch the life of a single cell it is really quite intricate as well. It's anyone's guess, I think............
I wonder...
Maybe it's true.
Here I Am
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One day after my youngest son had died and the funeral and paperwork was dealt with, I sat alone in a house that felt very empty. But really the hole was in my life, my heart, and I knew it would never be filled again,
So what now?
I saw the kitchen floor needed sweeping so I got the broom and swept it, and life went on. There were times when I lived from moment to moment like that. Those times became less and less. I learned to live around the hole in my heart.
My dd is being treated for stage 2b breast cancer. Though she is doing well, we both have acknowledged that it could come back.
But we don't dwell on it.
Today, as she is fine, life is too precious to spoiled by worrying about the future. It took some work and faith to get to this mindset, but it is well worth working on. Otherwise you lose today in the negatives of the past and the worries of the future.
R has prostate cancer and after cryosurgery it returned so he is on therapy to slow the growth. We both know that this treatment may not work, though the odds, as with my dd, as good.
But we don't dwell on it.
We live today making good plans for the future - to do things we want to do. Life is going on. In the back of our minds is the awareness that things may not work out as we would like. We are realists, but that awareness does not rule our days,.
Matthew 6:34 is “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
John 16:33 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
I used to worry about my health, getting cancer, heart attack and so on. One day I realised i had spent too much time and energy on the worry, which accomplished nothing good, and spoiled the day, so I did the sensible thing and, for the most part, stopped worrying. I recommend breaking that worry habit.
Beatty, I love what you said. Breathe in.
When we get "hit" with this stuff our minds scatter lie so much confetti thrown into the wind. It is so hard to just settle and take a few breathes and tell ourselves "What has to be addressed NOW this second".
My Mom used always to tell me that if I could just settle a bit, most problems would take care of themselves. And at least I would be able to see which ones needed my attention when the dusk settled a bit. She was a truly wise woman. How did she give birth to a kid whose mind always exploded in colorful flotsam and jetsam at any disruption. For 82 years I have put myself through so much more than I had to!
Breathe.
Safe travels; good thoughts and prayers are coming your way!
Breathe in.
Look up.
Find something just a little out of view to strive towards.
Set your course.
Llama & River especially, but anyone else on a challenging path today. ❤️❤️❤️
((((Hugs)))) and prayers for a great recovery!
We will all be glad when you get out!
You worked hard to get your graduation date on 9/12, looking forward to you feeling better and doing better.