Catherine-Ann / Pure-Grace

Oct. 27, 2022

CLOUDS, RAIN & A BIT OF LIGHT (10.26.22)

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 7:44 PM

Hello, hope that you found blessings in this day!

 Pretty yucky day. Larry had already had some physio & was in his chair asking to go to bed. Then a huge stomach incident. For sure, he went to bed & slept for 2 hours. I woke him up & asked what he wanted to do. He talked about the 'if only I could' expressing ways he'd like to be out of his bed doing bigger exercises. That prompted a discussion, including words that came to mind today 'enabling' & 'co-dependency'. My back was screaming from continual spasms & I wasn't in the mood for what I was hearing. I brought him back to the '2 patients' scenario from his career of dealing with hundreds of people, some giving 200% & others barely 50%.  I read him some emails that came for him & they were so full of praise & encouragement at the great work Larry is doing toward a healthy future. He admitted that today, he wasn't living up to all that praise. 

  We prayed a little, then had a game of cards. Larry has been expressing the difficulty he's having with his vision. I pulled out the eye patch he had been given ages ago, by an O.T. He played cards wearing it the whole time & admitted that it helped a lot. With the beard & eye patch, I asked if I could pick up a pirate's hat for Halloween. He didn't say "Yes!" but he didn't say "No!" either.

 It was a very grey day outside & inside too. But in both cases, if we tried to see it, there was a little light. I began my day with a heat-pad on my back, trying to relax while watching a talk, "Don't let the storm get to you!" by Fr. Cedric Pisegna. Did it ever fit the place we've been in, for almost 4 months now. My spasming back & grouchiness today, obviously dulled down the message in full, so I'll be watching it again, for more re-enforcement & light.

 God bless you through the storms in your own life! Wisdom, I remember from the talk, was to not allow the storm that surrounds me, invade the sacred place inside me where peace belongs. Shalom!