Doodledash

Tomorrow is my Mom's 80th birthday party. I've been organizing it. It's going to be very minimalistic. The older I get, the more I hate entertaining or planning something. I used to enjoy it, but not anymore. It makes me tense and frustrated. My neck, jaw, and shoulders are tight and hurting. I even had my husband work on massaging them which I don't enjoy. It helped, but it hurt like hell. I love my Mom and am so glad to have her. She's been such an inspiration and support to me. She's been Amy's confidant and shoulder to cry on. She is much more than my Mom, she's also my friend. I love her so much.

Instead of complaining and whining I'm going to take a few steps back and see what all the challenges have produced or brought to me. Amy's feet and legs were badly infected and swollen. The only way they could be treated and healed was by her hospitalization. The Lord used Jim to save Amy's life. God had laid her on his heart with an urgent need to pray. He visited us and told her and then prayed for her. This convinced her she needed to go to the ER. We discovered a serious breathing issue that Amy had when she was hospitalized. Amy would've died and we had no clue. Amy had stopped breathing and had a CODE BLUE respiratory failure. An emergency team swarmed her room and I was alone. Bob has worked at the hospital a lot for years. I called him and he only heard a few words and came. When I saw his face in the door, behind all the staff, I went to him and fell apart. I needed to have someone and he was my someone. Continual healing of Amy when it medically sho...