Did you know that: Not all angels have wings, some wear scrubs? Bananas may help reduce acid reflux? Drinking a lot of water can actually increase acid reflux? When Doris is resting, you need to take all iPhones and iPads out of the room from where she is resting? When visiting with and seeking to provide comfort to someone who has cancer, it is a good idea to talk about things other than cancer?
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Grief It is a small word that encompasses so much. Here is one definition: Keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss. Grief is part of our new normal. Some days it lurks in the background. Other times it slaps me in the face such as when I saw the following this week: From my Mission Portal
Paul and I went on a walk four times this week. I had to take some breaks, but I eventually walked for 40 minutes each day. He carried a camp chair with him so that I could stop and sit anywhere I needed. For the habit of walking and my need to walk for my balance. For fresh air and sunshine. I no longer have to protect my port incision site during showers. For foot massages during my infusions. To be able to listen to the Book of Mormon during my infusions. We replaced our couches. Our new ones are much more comfortable. For the Sabbath Day. For things we learned because of COVID…such as wearing masks and using zoom. For zoom technology that allowed us to watch sacrament meeting and Relief Society here at home. Bishop Talbot gave Paul permission to administer the sacrament in our home. Heavenly Father loves me and is teaching me. For my Savior and Redeemer.
Our daughter, Amy, saw a bumper sticker on a vehicle in front of her in Austin, Texas. The sticker suggests supporting Search and Rescue by “getting lost.” Stewart, my nurse in the CIC on June 5, is so tall that I asked him to sit down to talk to me because I was getting altitude sickness. Tom A truck full of Vick’s VaporRub crashed in the middle of the highway during rush hour. Incredibly, no congestion at all.