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Post by paulette on Nov 30, 2022 17:47:20 GMT -6
Just a catch up. I have had a very difficult summer/fall.
In July I had cataract surgery. It did not leave me with corrected eyes. I will have to wear glasses -both for distance and reading. They didn't tell me that my astygmetism would not be corrected.
In Aug, 8th) I had a very bad car accident. I hit a cement power pole. I broke my sternum, two vertebae in my neck and one in my lower spine. I cannot bend or lift. I have a care giver now who comes to my house. I walk with a walker or a cane (if short distances). My car was totalled (I was removed with the jaws of life) and I'm not driving anymore. (my lower back was already bad)
My friends who care for their grand kids have constant viral infections. I see few of them. Not driving has taken my freedom to go when I chose, where I chose. I can take a cab - but they are costly.
It is as it is. For those of you who follow me on Facebook, you know this already.
I've been isolating. I finally opened my living room curtains (since summer 2021)
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Post by swamprat on Nov 30, 2022 21:19:31 GMT -6
So sorry to hear, Paulette. Life can be full of challenges. Prayers for you, my friend.
Swamp
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Post by auntym on Dec 1, 2022 12:06:32 GMT -6
thats so sad paulette...sending prayers your way...
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Post by jcurio on Dec 2, 2022 0:30:08 GMT -6
Praying for You! Hoping that you aren’t in daily pain!
You have been so good to people of your career; may those blessings soon come your way! 💕
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Post by paulette on Dec 6, 2022 14:05:00 GMT -6
Thank you everyone. I have a lot of well wishes coming my way. It is, of course, impossible to know which or all of the entangled prayers and magic have effect. But a few days ago, I opened the curtains in the living room after them being mostly closed since the heat dome and my husband's death in 2021. They just stayed closed.
I was working on things on my end tho. I had a lot of heart healing that if not done, I'm pretty sure would weigh me down. Forgiveness starts at home.
Recently I was laying in bed (with the bedroom curtains open too since...) and I opened my eyes to find a nearly full moon shining on me - onto my lids and later eyes. I felt bathed in it. I was so glad to be in my own bed (and which I had shared with my partner) with the moon just exactly right THERE and me right HERE. I was delighted, relieved, touched, and hopeful that I can die peacefully in my own house, bed, neighborhood, planet...lifetime. Alone is OK. How can one be alone with the moon?
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Post by jcurio on Dec 18, 2022 19:47:36 GMT -6
Awwww. So sweet. So serene. So real.
A non-religious person, instinctively knowing, just how much the moon has been a part of our lives. ❤️
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Post by paulette on Jul 13, 2023 0:55:32 GMT -6
I never responded to this jcurio - thank you. I would call myself spiritual, not religious. We're good with the moon. Paulette
PS: In 2022 I was still dealing with the complications of having a partner die. Why should I cook? What can I pass along?? Also, eye surgery (lids and cataract/lens replacement, a major car accident (I gave up driving that day) and the slow erosion of connections with old friends (though making new ones). I am now believing in recovery of all sorts.
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