Well, another year about to come to a close. Christmas is now behind us and the new year just days away. So many thoughts and feelings have been going through my mind lately. The Christmas season was great, and it was so fun to celebrate with my wife and kids AND my boyfriend all together under one roof. We also had some friends over so it was a full house!
I was able to send out cards to many long-standing friends, and send email messages and phone text greetings to some other for whom I don't have a mailing address. I'm sure there are still others whom I missed, and to them I say "Happy, Happy Ho Ho!!!" I hope that everyone's Christmas was blessed and that the coming year is filled with opportunities to do more of what we want to do with our lives!
We've had our share of health issues with my daughter dealing with Crohn's disease that doesn't seem to want to rest. The rest of use battling IBS or migraines along with other minor maladies that just make living and working that much more of a challenge. All in all our health has been good - and I pause to think of friends who have HIV, AIDS, Cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. I pray a special prayer for them. It is a prayer of peace, of healing and of love. I've often said to family and friends that I am a great nurse but a terrible patient. If I'm caring for someone who is ill - I will do pretty much whatever I can to make them comfortable and to make sure their needs are met even before they voice them. But, when I'm I'll - a lot of the time I just want to be left alone. I'm trying to be less like that - and more open to allowing others to provide comfort to me. It is just not how I was raised and is so foreign to me that it feels wrong. I say this because I know other people who are ill, who have a hard time facing others or allowing themselves to "need" others in their illness. I'm trying to be more understanding of that and find creative ways to be compassionate and available to them.
For those of us who have been experiencing good health - may it continue into and through the new year!
There is a lot on which I can reflect from 2005, and I probably will in an upcoming blog. In the meantime I just want to send out warm wishes of love and peace to all who read this. May you have peace in your lives, in your heart and in your world.
With all my love and hope for the coming year!
WOOF ya later!
- bbw
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