This won't be long ... the laundry needs folding, we have groceries to snag (with all 4 kids in tow since school is out) before dinner guests come tonight, and, gee, I need a shower somewhere in that too.
The events of the last week have made me grateful for the most basic things of life. My friend Wendi, who is only one year older than me, had a stroke last week Sunday. She is our ward's Primary president, and mother to a 5-year old, and a near 3-year old. She is also a teacher, wife, and all-around gem. My friend Kirsten and I went together to see Wendi at the hospital Wednesday night. To see someone you truly know, incapacitated like that, is life-altering. It took me about a full day to wrap my mind around the full impact this is having on her individually, her marriage and her family. And then I wept and wept for her. The prognosis is very hopeful, but to think about how frightening it would be to have your speech, your mobility, your physical agency suddenly taken; to think of not being able to hug, squeeze or talk to your kids; to not be able to tell anyone what your full thoughts or feelings, or even to tell your husband how to pay this week's bills; not to be able to swallow food without help, change channels, go to the bathroom, turn out the lights, anything!
We - and many others - prayed and fasted for Wendi and her family this weekend. She is a very strong person, in all respects. She will come out conqueror from this.
Her circumstances have made me thankful. Thankful that I can roll out of bed in the morning and brush my own teeth and take a shower. Thankful that I can rotate the laundry, mop the floor and change Sabrina's diapers. Thankful to talk to my sweet husband, hold a book and read it, put gas in my car and drive it. Thankful to be able to watch over my kids, go to the library, EVERYTHING! My mind and my body work! So do my children's and my husband's! What an immense daily miracle.
You don't need the details, but we know that our little Sabrina experienced a miracle of protection this weekend. We are so thankful. I cannot imagine life without her.
Monday, June 8, 2009
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