I'm on my way to bed but wanted to make sure I wrote my post for today. I will answer Vikki's question regarding how many dreams I've completed on my 12-year old list in a later post. For tonight, I am proud of myself for choosing to workout after being gone from home from 6 AM-6 PM this evening. I checked out a "Balance Ball Cardio-Strength" dvd from the library and worked out for an hour -- whew! I'm shooting for a minimum of 4 workouts/week --- I'm gonna be sleek on my 40th b-day!
AND -- I consciously thanked my husband for downloading music to my new computer and did not mention a WORD about the dirty dishes left on the countertops nor the stinky, gooey rag left in the bottom of the kitchen sink instead of rinsed and hung neatly to dry. I did it! I let go something left 'undone'(and in my book, rather unsanitary) and praised him for something he did.
Finally, my "THANK YOU, LORD!" for the day is as follows: I am utterly grateful for a sound mind, good hearing, and that I can walk. I work with an Alzheimer's client, and it was a tough day. When Mrs. "M" is lucid, she is the sweetest, most gentle-mannered woman. Yesterday I had a peak for the first time at her natrual personality, the one untouched by Alzheimers. Then, within hours, she slipped back into a woman who cannot accurately perceive my words nor can she communicate what she wants to say. The words don't match her meaning at all, but I can pick out her emotion. Yesterday she went from smiling and laughing to hitting and kicking when a nurse came to change a pain patch on her back. It is hard to watch, but Jesus is blessing my life through 92-year-old, Catherine "M" day-by-day.
Goodnight,
Shawna
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