Blessings

Happy Friday,

How is everyone doing on this fabulous Friday afternoon? Are you ready for the weekend? I am. It’s been a low key week for me and I’ve enjoyed being home and not going out for anything. Shoot me a text or drop me a comment, I’d love to hear from you. Let me know what plans you may or may not have for this weekend.

Sunday is the official first day of fall. Yippee!!! I can bring out my fall decor. I think it’s my favorite season of all. The way the colors are vibrant and changing on the leaves. The cooler mornings and evenings, and it’s almost time for the fireplace to make it’s debut with a nice crackling fire to sit and read by.

I had my procedure done on Tuesday and all went well. Thank goodness my son Kevin took the day off in order to take me. I will say, UCSD Medical is amazing! From the moment I checked in until I was released, I can’t say enough about how amazing their care is and was.

When I arrived I had to wait in the waiting room for about 10 minutes because I was actually a half hour early. Once I was taken back to the pre-op room my nurse explained everything that would happen from vitals to my release. Oh, the best part about the pre-op room was I got to sit in a nice heated massage chair. Can you believe it, a massage chair in pre-op!

I was in pre-op for all of 15 minutes, then I was wheeled to the OR where I was greeted by my two doctors and two nurses. The nurse explained everything she was doing to prep me and then the doctor took over and he talked me through everything he was doing. I was lightly sedated and awake through the entire process, which took all of 20 minutes.

Once I was done, they wheeled me back to pre-op where I was watched for another half hour all while enjoying the heated massage chair, then I was released to come home.

I’ve been so fortunate that I’ve been able to lay low these last couple of days. I slept most of Tuesday once Kevin brought me home and over the last couple of days I’ve stayed off my feet for the most part. I’m so not the person who relaxes all that well, but today, I’ve had no choice in the matter.

I am finally feeling the majority of my left leg after years of having little to no feeling. I’ve been able to feel some of my leg, but now, holy heck, I’m feeling nearly my entire leg and let me say, I’m a hurtin’.

I don’t know how to explain the pain, but when I stand up I feel like I’m going to collapse. Sitting is very difficult too. I seem to do best with my leg elevated.

I feel very blessed to know that it’s possible to get feeling back in my leg and I’m sure over the next week or so as the medicine continues to work it will feel tons better.

This week being home and not having to go anywhere has truly been a blessing in my life despite having to have a medical procedure. I’ve been forced to lay low and take things a little slower and boy having to be home has been a blessing bigger then I could have imagined.

I’ve come to realize that I’ve taken my home for granted. Being so busy these last couple of months has robbed me of the gift of my home. God has given John and I an amazing home to live in and I needed His reminder of what a gift it is.

For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to live near water. I used to wish I could live near water and then once I had it, I took it for granted. God gave me a wonderful home with an amazing view and I kept searching for something more. Search is over, I have exactly what I need.

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”-Eckart Tolle.

As I sit here writing today, I keep getting distracted by my view of the lake. I have my bed in the sitting up position and my laptop on my lap so I can look up over my computer and see the calmness of the water. The trees are swaying ever so gently and the breeze is so nice and cool. The gardeners are mowing the lawn at the park and it’s just the perfect day.

John has been checking on me a lot today making sure I’m comfortable. Today I’ve taken the most medication for pain since my procedure. Thank goodness John is here to help me. I walked the pups this morning and when I got back, I was done. John’s thankfully been able to help out with that too.

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.”-Unknown.

Everyday since I’ve been home recovering, I’ve had the opportunity to really sit back and reflect on the beauty surrounding me. I have my two pups who rarely leave my side. I have John who makes sure I have what I need and I have this amazing view which reminds me of how blessed I truly am.

“When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.”-Joel Osteen

Even though I don’t feel all the great today, I can say I still feel blessed to be able to be home. I know my pain will subside and I know life will get back to crazy soon enough, actually, sooner then I may even want, but that’s okay, I’m sure God will remind me at the right time just how blessed I am.

“Every experience, no matter how bad it seems holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.”-MM

My blessing through all of this discomfort and pain is I’ve re-realized how blessed I am to just be home.

Oh I forgot to tell you, on Wednesday I was able to do a little cross-stitch project. I wanted to see if I could still remember how to cross-stitch and I did!! Super excited. I have some beautiful stockings I want to make my kids but I’ve been afraid to begin. Not anymore though. I’m ready to get to making them their stockings. They of course won’t be ready for this year, and that’s okay. They’ll be ready for next year.

Here’s the little project I did.

Thinking of making it into an ornament. Thoughts?

Well guys, I’m feeling a bit groggy so I’ll be saying goodbye for today. Thanks for stopping by and taking time to read. Enjoy the rest of your Friday and until next time, don’t forget, Love Life++ Hugs.

Another glimpse into my book:

As I lay there talking to my unborn baby, Rick walked in. He said he was in between appointments with work, so he wanted to know if I had the procedure done yet. He could see I was upset and afraid, but he couldn’t handle all the problems I was having with the pregnancy. I was laying in my bed, he was standing up looking down at me and all he could say to comfort me was, “If you lose this baby, I’m done! Do not ever ask for another baby, this is it. You might want to figure out how to get over this sickness and have this baby.”