One week ago today, I heard that Mom had been taken to the ER. If you are just joining this blog, read some of the previous posts to see where we have been.
In high school I read the autobiography of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. He was a Marine Corps pilot in WWII. He was shot down in 1944 and spent the next 20 months in a POW camp. Boyington makes an interesting observation about some of the men in the camp.
All of them were confident they would be rescued. But some of them would become fixated on specific dates. Boyington noted that these men would become very discouraged when their hopes were not realized. Often, these were the men who lost heart and fell ill. Many of them eventually passed away. The men who kept the mindset that someday they would be rescued had a higher survival rate.
I thought about this story often in the past week. I am try to avoid putting a time stamp on a recovery date. We must keep focused that someday Mom will get better. Hoping for a specific date can only lead to disappointment. Remain confident that God will make it happen.
Good news, the two spasms they discovered in Mom's brain yesterday are going down. The one on the left has reduced noticably, the right one has reduced a very small amount.
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Excellent perspective to put on things-I know I always try to have things happen in my time without allowing them to happen in God's time. Hope your mom is continuing to improve today at a steady rate.
ReplyDeleteMona, you and I have laughed together at our "senior moments" I always told you that yours happen more often than mine, even though you would never tell me how old you are! LOL!!! come to think of it, you never did tell me.When You are well enough to start reading this post and come to this one I hope it will make you laugh. We've had alot of good laughs and I'm looking forward to many more. I have written the girls in Germany and they all have you in their prayers. Patience has never been one of my virtues and you know that by my constantly wanting to hurry up and choose a student so I can start e-mailing, and you would reassure me it doesn't have to happen "right now". I'm just trusting in God that your recovery will be in his time and even though we want it to happen now
ReplyDeletehe is teaching us patience. Such a difficult lesson to learn! Stephen, I am praying for you and all of the family, it's harder on all of you right now than it is on your mom. We continue to pray that your strength will remain and the times you really feel down, it's wonderful to know that our God is still in control and still has you in his hands.
Glenda Perry