We’ve been through our struggles—challenges on every front. But learning to be ready for such issues is often easier said than done. Especially when we say to ourselves, “You’ve got this! No. Big. Deal.”
Oh. But it is a big deal.
It’s been months coming, and crutches and life in a boot are a big deal!
I’m suffering from limitations in mobility, not putting any pressure on my recovering foot, and wearing a boot for at least 7 days in a row. It’s heavy!
What more could I have done? Recliner, gripper for dropped things, better-suited clothes, knee scooter instead of crutches, better lap desk, adaptable sleeping arrangements for elevated foot… and the list goes on (in the voice of Sonny and Cher…).
Of course, when this is your first attempt at something like this, can you expect it to be perfect?
Second-guessing what life will be like when what’s wrong is being repaired is almost like thinking about road construction… I try to know before I go… Prepare to take an alternate route. Do you know all the backroad secrets? I try, but I am also surprised: “I didn’t know I could go that way!” (I said this yesterday…to my wife driving me home from surgery.)
I could go on, but let me share one more.
I love my 2003 Dodge Ram…it has none of the bells or whistles of a modern truck, like my bride’s. I’ve updated it a little, but it feels hobbled together. What’s wrong? I forget what each truck does differently and think I’m in the other one instead of this one. Where would I be really happy with driving? An updated 1955 GMC 5-window standard transmission stepside with a little chrome to shine…
But not in this boot! I can’t drive, and that’s what’s wrong!
“And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do.
For they think that they will be heard for their many words.”
(Matthew 6:7, NKJV)
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