I'm not sure how long ago this song was actually sung by Dolly Parton, but as you will hear, it's still very relevant today, and such a beautiful song as well.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Friday, December 04, 2009
Doctor, Doctor Give Me The News
I had a doctor appointment yesterday for the fibro and it went pretty well. She asked how things were going and how I'd been feeling. I probably should have warned her that it was PMS week, because all I got out was "It's been a challenge" and I broke into tears. She was so sweet though and we talked in more detail about what I meant by "challenge".
I explained that it is more about the frustration I feel than anything. 18 mo ago, I was working out in a gym at least 3 times a week, and working with a trainer. I was also running on the elliptical for an hour a day. Now there are days when I am doing good to be able to walk from one end of my house to the other....and that's so frustrating!
I told her that Christmas shopping hasn't even been that much fun this year because I go to the mall walk through part of one store and then have to go out in the middle and sit down for a while. Also, I used to walk so fast that Jay would complain about it, now I get passed by elderly people with the walkers on wheels.
The last thing I said while having tears running down my face was "mostly I just feel like I am too young to feel this old".
This sweet doctor of mine (who I am now convinced was hand picked for me) asked if I was a Christian woman. When I said yes, she said "As women, wives, and mothers, we tend to run on ultra-speed all the time. We have a million things we feel we must do, and rarely do we ever ask for help. Did you ever think that perhaps God is telling you it's time to slow down and enjoy what's around you instead of always looking ahead to what you need to do next. When your in pain and you have to sit down, look around. Maybe there is something He wants you to see...something you would have otherwise missed. When you're walking slowly through a store, listen to the songs playing over the speakers. Maybe He knows one of your favorites is playing. I guess what I'm saying Dena is, maybe God's trying to help teach you patience."
Through my tears I started to laugh and said "Well He should know me well enough to know that I don't have the patience for patience.", which gave her a good laugh too.
So, I'm going to take her advice and take time to smell the roses, and while I do that I'm going to say a prayer of thanks for my dear sweet Dr. B.
I explained that it is more about the frustration I feel than anything. 18 mo ago, I was working out in a gym at least 3 times a week, and working with a trainer. I was also running on the elliptical for an hour a day. Now there are days when I am doing good to be able to walk from one end of my house to the other....and that's so frustrating!
I told her that Christmas shopping hasn't even been that much fun this year because I go to the mall walk through part of one store and then have to go out in the middle and sit down for a while. Also, I used to walk so fast that Jay would complain about it, now I get passed by elderly people with the walkers on wheels.
The last thing I said while having tears running down my face was "mostly I just feel like I am too young to feel this old".
This sweet doctor of mine (who I am now convinced was hand picked for me) asked if I was a Christian woman. When I said yes, she said "As women, wives, and mothers, we tend to run on ultra-speed all the time. We have a million things we feel we must do, and rarely do we ever ask for help. Did you ever think that perhaps God is telling you it's time to slow down and enjoy what's around you instead of always looking ahead to what you need to do next. When your in pain and you have to sit down, look around. Maybe there is something He wants you to see...something you would have otherwise missed. When you're walking slowly through a store, listen to the songs playing over the speakers. Maybe He knows one of your favorites is playing. I guess what I'm saying Dena is, maybe God's trying to help teach you patience."
Through my tears I started to laugh and said "Well He should know me well enough to know that I don't have the patience for patience.", which gave her a good laugh too.
So, I'm going to take her advice and take time to smell the roses, and while I do that I'm going to say a prayer of thanks for my dear sweet Dr. B.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
My Newest Stress Relieving Mantra
God never ends anything on a negative;
God always ends on a positive.
-- Edwin Louis Cole
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
God Definitely Has A Sense Of Humor
Jay is sick, very sick. I really do feel bad for him. He has a sinus infection and bronchitis and I swear it sounds like he is coughing up a lung every time a coughing fit starts....which is about every 10 minutes. He looks miserable and sounds even worse.
However, I'm not being super sweet and compassionate to him, because he's being just plain ornery!
For example, I sweetly said "Hon, would you like me to fix you something to eat?" His comment was "Aren't I suffering enough?"
Later I was doing my normal humming (that I usually don't even know I'm doing) and he said "Oh please do not make the pain go to my ears too".
Around here I call those kinds of comments "snarky". And he was bordering on being professionally snarky!
At one point I said a prayer, outloud, so I could be sure he would hear it:
Dear God, please help my dear husband to feel better.
Please take away his sinus pain.
Take away his congestion.
Take away his cough.
Take away his smart mouth too while your at it.
Oh, and dear Father In Heaven, if you want to send a coughing fit his way everytime he says something snarky to me, that's just fine.
Jay laughed and said "Yea, as if God works that way. But that's a good try". I kid you not people, it wasn't 10 seconds later that one of his coughing fits started!
He claimed it was just a coincidence.
But a little while later we were watching Dancing With The Stars and I said something about how afraid I'd be to wear those tiny costumes and high heels and he said "Don't worry, they'd see how clutzy you are and they wouldn't ask you to dance"
.....and a coughing fit started.
Seriously, EVERY time he'd make a snarky comment, he'd start coughing. It was hysterical!!
And each time I'd smile and say a snarky voice .... "Thank you God".
However, I'm not being super sweet and compassionate to him, because he's being just plain ornery!
For example, I sweetly said "Hon, would you like me to fix you something to eat?" His comment was "Aren't I suffering enough?"
Later I was doing my normal humming (that I usually don't even know I'm doing) and he said "Oh please do not make the pain go to my ears too".
Around here I call those kinds of comments "snarky". And he was bordering on being professionally snarky!
At one point I said a prayer, outloud, so I could be sure he would hear it:
Dear God, please help my dear husband to feel better.
Please take away his sinus pain.
Take away his congestion.
Take away his cough.
Take away his smart mouth too while your at it.
Oh, and dear Father In Heaven, if you want to send a coughing fit his way everytime he says something snarky to me, that's just fine.
Jay laughed and said "Yea, as if God works that way. But that's a good try". I kid you not people, it wasn't 10 seconds later that one of his coughing fits started!
He claimed it was just a coincidence.
But a little while later we were watching Dancing With The Stars and I said something about how afraid I'd be to wear those tiny costumes and high heels and he said "Don't worry, they'd see how clutzy you are and they wouldn't ask you to dance"
.....and a coughing fit started.
Seriously, EVERY time he'd make a snarky comment, he'd start coughing. It was hysterical!!
And each time I'd smile and say a snarky voice .... "Thank you God".
Monday, March 09, 2009
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