A few evenings ago I was invited to a Ladies Night Out with the Bible study group I attend on Wednesday mornings. It was a lovely evening filled with many new faces, as are most of my days as of late :-). I had the opportunity to get to know some of the women better. One particular conversation has stuck with me since, a conversation that I can't shake, nor do I want to. I was blessed with the opportunity to talk with one of our co-leaders for an extended period of time. She is a dedicated woman of God who has adopted two children from Haiti. As I also discovered, she faces incredible health challenges on a daily basis. Not the stuffy nose, sore back variety but the life threatening kind. Her illness is so severe that when first diagnosed she was given only two weeks to live. That was over 12 years ago, praise God! It got me thinking.....sure I have a child who has presently decided not to sleep, a husband who needs to dedicate many hours to studying for a looming exam, and I am feeling slightly out of my element in a new city.....but I have my health. My boys are healthy, my family is healthy, even my dog is healthy! There have been times in my life when this has not been so, but I experienced healing. So easy to forget. So easy to take for granted. So easy to feel entitled to health. The most striking part of our conversation was her reminder that, "Nobody ever thinks it is going to happen to them, but then it does, and you have to deal with it." I only hope that if or when our little family faces serious health challenges that we "deal with it" as humbly and graciously as she has. I am so grateful for the health I have and intend to enjoy the things God has blessed me with as much as I can, including my two wonderful boys.
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| My little man helping my big man with a little | plumbing project before we left. |
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| Enjoying an afternoon at the dog park. |
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