It has been an interesting few days. Last night I was feeling pretty discouraged. I hardly ever cry, but I even found myself having a good cry. First of all Wayne has been spending a lot of his time lately sleeping away his days. Then we had some rather difficult transfers from his wheelchair to the bathroom and back to his wheelchair yesterday. A lot of the time this goes fairly smoothly, but when he is tired sometimes it doesn’t go very well. It can feel as if he is just not cooperating. Sometimes it hard to tell the difference between whether he is just tired, or he is being very uncooperative. I also had received some other discouraging news yesterday. I was feeling like I could not do this anymore. I was feeling as if it was all too much for me.
How different one day can make. Today I received a card in the mail from my son from IA family. The front of the card read like this, “Nothing that comes your way is too much for you. No matter what it is, God is more than equal to it—you’re not, but He is and He lives in you.” Wow! Talk about a message from God just when I really needed it. Inside the card was written a personal message thanking me for all that I do for Wayne, my son’s Dad.
Earlier this week I had placed an ad in our local village ad paper for caregiving help for an hour once or twice a week in the evenings for helping to get my husband to the bathroom and into bed. I thought I would be doing good if I received just one reply. Well, that ad paper came out today, and I received 5 replies today. I have set up with one of these woman who responded to come in twice a week for an hour each. I took down the names and numbers for the other inquiries. This will give me a little break a couple times a week. The rates are also very reasonable. So that was another spirit lifter.
I also had another nice break today. My son and sister-in-law took my husband out for an outing for a few hours this afternoon. He enjoyed it, and it was a wonderful break for me. Wow! What a difference one day can make. Thank You, Lord!
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G-J
Oh, Sharon, my heart goes out to you. Those difficult days are so tough!
What a blessing that you received such a supportive card in the mail today, just when you needed it!
Donna Ryan
Sharon…that is exactly what I meant when I answered the question last week my definition of Hope….it is like a gift…some gifts we hate…(the day you cried) but every now and then we get the “gift” of days where everything is just going beautifully and right….Im so happy that you found that day yesterday my friend. Im also so happy that you are finding a little help as well.
The card from your son sounds so wonderful….it sounds like you have some pretty wonderful boys there yourself…
thank you for sharing this very uplifting blog. It most definately was one of those special gifts to start my day….
Denise
Ah, that’s rough to feel that’s it just all too much. That’s such a lonely, awful feeling. I’m so glad you received the encouragement and support you need to know that, with your faith, your family and your friends, it’s all enough for you.
And, how wonderful about the help!! Please keep us posted on this. Hoping today is even better than yesterday.