I’ve made it home from a flashback week as an ICU/med-surg nurse! There is much good news for my friend, and a few hurdles left to go. It is possible that she will go home tomorrow after an injury she was not expected to survive. There are no words to express how grateful I am for all your concern and prayers and healing vibes of many sorts.
We cried and laughed (both good stress relievers) and wore ourselves to a frazzle.
After Bill picked me up at the airport, the first two orders of business were food and sleep, both of which were in short supply last week.
I’m glad to report that there are beginning to be signs of bones in my ankles again!
My beloved chair, which is a huge improvement over the hospital variety, has welcomed me home. My knees and back are muttering rather than screaming.
I learned a lot.
And, I’ll be thrilled to see the beasties when they arrive home from Camp tomorrow. Suspect we’ll all need naps! And that reminds me that taking some food out of the freezer for them would be a very clever idea!
There’s homemade, healing, comforting soup for supper tonight. (And a freezer full at my friend’s house.)
We had a visitor in Florida on Friday morning. A deer. A young buck. Peering through the screens on the lanai at the tired women, huddled over coffee and telling stories just inside.
My friends who study spirit animals would say that the message from this visitor is to be compassionate with others and ourselves.
It’s a message that I think we all need.
My friend, in particular, is going to need compassion for herself in the coming days when “normal” is harder than she’s used to and driving is not allowed.
In the same way, we all need compassion for ourselves, which is often much harder than having compassion for others.
A few weeks ago I posted this fabulous article on my Facebook pages. Just in case you didn’t see it, or want a reminder, here’s a link to the Oprah network’s recent piece from Elizabeth Gilbert about caring for the small, soft animal within us all.
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| Elizabeth Gilbert: Practical Ways To Practice Self-Care |
| Elizabeth Gilbert explains how to care for the small, frightened creature within. |
Tuesday, it’s back to business as usual.
For this moment, a message from the fuzzy guy in the picture above.
There is no place we can go where love and grace do not go with us.
All these years later, that particular bit of assurance is still the absolute best thing about trying to learn to read Hebrew!