How can it be that I’ve been with WordPress.com for twenty years? Now, I haven’t posted here for twenty straight years. I was posting elsewhere like Tumblr and Google’s Blogger platform among others. To everyone who has visited here, read my posts, interacted with me, and shared their stories I thank you. This is a great community. Blogging is very much alive in the hearts and minds of those who believe in its power to tell a better story and share more.
Keep on Blogging Good People!
My wife and I have been through a lot over the past 5 weeks. She had three surgeries to clear out an infection that was life-threatening. A one-week hospital stay followed by a two-week rehabilitation hospital convalescence has been a challenge for both of us.
Her care team in all three hospitals were true professionals and did a great job in getting her on the road to recovery. They were compassionate and competent. We are fortunate to live in a community with good hospitals, not everywhere has that.
I have had the honor of being her caregiver among other things. It’s in the husband manual in case you didn’t know. For better or for worse sort of thing. Due to her medical situation I have had a crash course in wound care and I think I am doing pretty good with it. We do have enough gauze to start on a mummy.
We have been blessed with gifts and help. From a furniture delivery to help with lawn care and a car battery and needed cash have been given to us. None of which we will ever be able to repay. This grace and generosity is because of our situation and for some reason I don’t feel worthy. Maybe it’s just my personality speaking but yeah, I can’t help but feel this way.
Our friends and fellow humans far-and-wide have been truly lovely. As I sit here on a Sunday thinking about everything, I am grateful, thankful, dare I say blessed. Yeah, all that and a bag of chips. Thank you, God, for making this all happen.
This Saturday morning required pancakes, sausage and Tim Hortons coffee. It was a great way to start the day. Have a great day good people.
The weekend is here and I am glad. This feels like a weekend because I am scheduled to return to work remotely on Monday. I hope I remember how to do my job after a month away on family medical leave for my wife’s health scare. Let’s make it a good one good people.
Friends, it’s been awhile since my last post. I have been taking care of my wife who had emergency surgery on April 18th to deal with a serious infection that was life-threatening. She had 3 surgeries to be sure all the infection and affected tissue was removed.
After her hospital stay she went to a physical and occupational rehabilitation hospital to heal and get stronger. I can say she is doing much better. Thank goodness for family, friends, work and insurance.
I have been her caretaker throughout all of this. This is what you do for someone you love. Taking care of wounds is a new skill I have. You know it may come in handy again sometime in the future.
This is an update that will mean the resumption of more regular posts. I have missed blogging, but other things have had my attention. My hope is that things will continue to get better, and we return to some sort of normalcy. I feel a Wordless Wednesday coming on tomorrow.
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