Yes, I am alive and well. I haven't forgotten about this site, but lately I have been doing most of my updating at my personal site, so from now on you will probably want to check there.
Love ya!
American Girl
I tried hard to get a picture of my cast, but it ended up not working and being extremely painful. You can kind of see my puffy fingers.
For those of you that didn't know, I had surgery yesterday on my left arm for carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel. I am in a full arm cast splint and on loratab (good stuff). I am typing this using one hand ... this experience has made some simple things seem so important. Things I will no longer take for granted:
Doing my hair.
Opening up anything with a twist lid, from soda to jam to pain pills.
Tying shut bread.
Cutting your food so you can eat it.
Tearing open a sauce packet.
Putting up a doggy gate.
Putting stuff in a shopping bag.
Dressing yourself.
This picture is of actress Kate Winslet from Vanity Fair and was taken by Annie Leibovitz.
Do you ever feel like you are just swimming in circles? That has been how I have felt lately. I have looked at my life and the path I have followed this past year and it has seemed as if I am back at the start all over again, that the path led me to the same place I was at last year. I am sure we have all felt that way at some point in our life. I was reminded that everything happens to give us experience. The things that are happening are not exactly the same as they were a year ago, they might be similar and even if they were the same I am not. That every experience we have gives us knowledge and helps build our character. Maybe this makes me weak, but lately I have just wanted to say "I have enough strength already!" and throw my hands up in the air. The thing is I don't give up, I just keep moving forward and pushing against the current, and one day I hope I have learned the lesson that He has given me and am able to move on to a new path in the road.
This picture was taken on March 23, 2006.
I figured since everyone else was sharing pics of the new babies in their lives, it was time I did too ...
Happy first month Miss Faith! (give it one more day)
