This week has been very rough for me. My mother fell and broke her hip Wednesday night at church. I'm still dealing with the repercussions of that and realizing painfully that my responsibilities towards both my parents have grown exponentially with this new "wrinkle" in time. I am thankful for the doctors and nurses that took care of my mother while she was in the hospital, but now I am facing a very long road ahead of me as I deal with the consequences of my mother's now limited mobility. Things like how is she going to get around now in the house...and/or if we're seriously going to have to move out due to this. I've had some good news on one front as my book sales are coming along nicely. Yet, I know that is not stable income.
I have to move ahead, thanking the Lord that I can while still longing to be with him. I can almost see a light at the end of this terrible trial I'm going through now. I appreciate all the encouragement I've received. Knowing that there are others going through or have gone through similar circumstances gives me hope. I think that is the most important lesson that I am still learning. There is hope in adversity. There is even joy, oddly enough, in knowing that there is a better world out there and God loves me so much that he sent his son, Jesus Christ to die for me. I still get "blown away" by that.
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