I forgot to mention in my last post that it's been 20 years - 20 YEARS (OH MY GOODNESS) as of December 19 that Mom and I were in a horrible car accident that could have ended very, very badly. But the Lord had other plans for us. Thank you, Jesus for sparing our lives. That's not to say we both haven't experienced side effects from that accident, but the past 20 years have been beautiful nonetheless. There's some question that maybe that accident triggered something in my brain and that's where the dystonia came from. However we'll never really know and what happened, happened. No use crying over spilled milk, right? (Although in the case of the accident, it was spilled pizza, as we had just picked up a pizza for Sunday lunch.)
It'll be 4 years in February as to when I had deep brain stimulation. Again, how can it be 4 years since surgery?! And in 2020 we celebrate leap year, which is the day that I had the deep brain stimulator activated. Wow. Hard to believe. Sometimes the days seem long, but the years - they are definitely short!
This past week was good. I didn't have too many problems walking. Of course there were times when walking was more difficult, but overall, I am SO THANKFUL for a great week. Christmas was fabulous with all my family. I'm blessed to be an aunt and seeing Christmas through kid's eyes is absolutely the best. I went to all three Christmas Eve services at church and saw family at each. Of course Dad was there for all of it, but at the 4pm service I saw my brother Stanton and his family. He had to work the ER that night at 7pm, so they came to the 4pm. Between the 4pm and the 7pm, I earned my keep and vacuumed the sanctuary. There was lots of wax from the candles (each service had candlelight). I didn't do it alone though as another member, Paul did most of it. He had the huge industrial vacuum and I had the regular sized one. I found that the regular sized one fit perfectly on the pews, so not only did I vacuum between the pews, but on the pews too - haha! Someone left me some Cheerios under the pew, in case I got hungry. :) After vacuuming, I picked up my grandmother and we went to the 7pm service together and then my mom and other two brothers came to the 11pm service. Between the 7 and 11 services, I went to my parent's house where my mom had made tons of goodies. I was refueled for the 11pm service.
For Christmas, I got tickets to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Tennessee Theater. My mom and dad went with me. We parked not too far away and I held on to my dad to walk in. Even with his help, I felt like I was going to fall. So that wasn't the best, but I still made it without falling and the show was fabulous!! I love theater and music and dancing and just getting lost in a story. It was a fantastic gift and I'm so very thankful for it!!
Year 2019 definitely had its difficulties, but year 2019 also had beautiful moments in time that I'll never forget. Yes, I'm not fully healed, but maybe that's God's plan. I don't stop praying for complete healing and no problems walking, but at the same time, I try to focus on the moment I'm in and all the spectacular things God has done for me and given to me despite my problems with walking.
I saw several friends post this on Facebook. It's so true!! Thank you, Jesus for making me a fighter.
And, thank ALL of you reading this for your love and for following along on this journey with me. God's not done with me yet! May every one of you have a most blessed New Year and always remember, "God's Got This!".
No comments:
Post a Comment