I know it's been a long time since I have posted anything, but life has been really busy and CRAZY!! I just have to reflect after thinking about this all day yesterday. Although my Mom is always in the very top of my thoughts each day, yesterday I seemed to dwell on the fact that it was the 5 month anniversary of her stroke. 5 months ago we didn't know where we were going on this journey and by no means have we arrived. At times it seems like the last five months have been a lifetime. So many things have changed in five months, some good and some bad. Mom has certainly progressed since her stroke, it has been a slow process and she still has a long way to go. In the beginning the recovery seemed very slow and arduous, but in the last month or so it seems as though she has come out of what I call the "stroke fog". She has been able to walk with a walker with assistance, limited distances, but WOW, we weren't sure she would ever be able to do it. Even the therapists were amazed. She has good and bad days, like the rest of us do, but she is still the precious, sweet mother of my childhood. She is always gracious, kind and is ever so thankful and appreciative for all that is done for her. She continues to say thank you to everyone. She is such a strong woman, I cannot begin to express in words my admiration of her. I would like to think that I have inherited that strength and resilience and that my daughter has too.
I was sitting in her room the other day watching her sleep a most peaceful sleep, I began to wonder about our life here on earth. It seems that we grow up so quickly and then work so hard for the majority of our life for "things" and then as we find ourselves in the "sunset" years of life and something as nasty as a stroke changes the course of our life. We get blindsided by an illness, a tragedy, heartache or something of the like. The Lord has it all under control and I am so thankful for His mercy and grace.
A very dear to my heart older woman that I know told me not long after my mother's stroke, that they should not be called the "golden years" because "there is nothing golden about them". I didn't really think about it until she said that.
I do know this, a stroke happens to the entire family, not just the person that has experienced the stroke. It is life altering for everyone involved.
The experience has changed alot of things in my life and I am not sure what else the future holds for me and my family, but I do know that the Lord has been there with us all the time, otherwise we could have never survived. I know that He knows the future and all we need to do is trust in Him everyday because He makes all things possible. Even in the hard times God is good!!!!
Hopefully, it won't be months before I write again, but until then, take care and here is my my favorite scripture. "The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still" Exodus 14:14
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