Bumps and Hurdles

Have I told you how thankful I am for my daughter?  I am.  Every day in every way.  She helped us over a hurdle yesterday...

Rob and I are overwhelmed with life a little bit lately, and we're not thinking as clearly as we normally do.  Yesterday and last evening we ran into some difficulties, and we weren't sure what to do.  I called Nicole, and she pointed us in the right direction immediately:  to call the hospital, then Rob's surgeon, which we did.  The issues were resolved, but it just goes to show you that even when we think we're handling everything after going through what we've gone through, we really aren't.  Bumps and hurdles...*sigh*

We have to remember what an intense surgery this was.  Rob was in the hospital for going on nine days, and that says a lot considering they try to get you out as quickly as possible.  Surgeons removed organs and tissues, they took parts of other organs to create new ones, they rearranged parts to work in ways other than what they were designed to do...  And it's going to take time to heal.  

And that's just the physical side.

During most of Rob's stay in the hospital, he went through the days without his glasses on.  I never see him without his glasses unless he's reading.  On one of our last evening strolls through the quiet halls of the seventh floor, Rob told me he didn't want to see everything going on around him... He didn't want life to be in focus right then.  It was easier for him to deal with all that was happening in a blur, rather than in reality.  And I understood that.

Rob has much physical healing to do.  But I believe even more emotional healing.  Me, too.  But I know we'll get through this.  We're not alone in this walk.  Your prayers and your love are lighting our path.

Our life is forever changed, but it IS life.  And we will take that life for all it's worth, and learn to accept, to change, to readjust, and to continue to be thankful for the opportunity to be in it, to share in it, to love and to grow in it.  And it's all going to be okay.

We just need some time.  Time that disappears too quickly, time that we always think we'll have plenty of.  Time that we will no longer take for granted.

We are blessed, and we know it.  We can feel it and see it permeating every aspect of our lives each and every day.  We want to remain in awe of God's love and God's grace... comforting us, strengthening us, helping us to be.

So we thank you for the prayers that are helping to keep our eyes, and our hearts, open.

Be blessed, because you are.

In Love and In Peace, 

Cheri ♥