PrayingWithMyFingers

Dear God,
The Sunday packing for Tallahassee proved to be more of a challenge than I anticipated.  I have been so busy trying to get back to my independent, controlling self that I failed to take help that was offered at different points by different friends and now I see it could have all worked better if only I had been willing to allow myself to receive more help from others.
About three hours into my five hour drive, I realized I had left all my shirts and blouses on my bed. …

Dear God,
Again today I discover how much energy I am lacking.  I am prohibited from “heavy lifting,” and all I have been doing is laundry and trying to tidy up the house before leaving for Tallahassee.  Apparently, this is still a little bit too much because by late afternoon I felt as if a tiny limb of sorts was pushing in my abdomen….similar to the baby foot or hand during pregnancy.  I still have to do the travel packing and get all that in the car.  These simply things feel …

Dear God,
Vikki is with me this week and will drive me to the doctor and around during the week so I can prepare for the trip to Tallahassee on Sunday.
It has been hard today to remember that the holidays are over and we are in a new year and back to the normal, everyday routines.  Probably because I am not yet back to “normal” after last Thursday’s surgery.  I still am moving slowly and my chest cough is hanging on but every day, I am a little better.  Will see …

Dear God,
So here we are. 2010.  A brand new year.  I had planned to do a final blog entry for 2009 – for closure’s sake even though I abandoned my daily letter to you in September – but my good intentions were to no avail.  December 31 turned out to be too busy for writing.  I began yesterday with a 6:30am arrival at Sarasota Memorial Hospital for an 8:30am – turned into 9:45am — surgery to repair a ventral hernia.  Thankfully, I did get released from the hospital – albeit …

Dear God,
It is a good thing I had a PT session scheduled with Jen today. It would be really easy to get lazy now that I am back home and not out walking and exploring a city this week. But two hours with Jen is keeping me going on the right path that I recommitted to before leaving on vacation August 20. My walking report from my pedometer follows:
 
Walking Report
Date      Steps        Aerobic Steps
08/18    12495            9575
08/19    10501            6386
08/20    12348            5240
08/21    18385            6433
08/22    16039            6911
08/23    12339            3008
08/24    14530            7075
08/25     11494           6772
08/26      8985             7087
Good stuff but already my …