I Am Thankful

Although this has been a crazy year as far as my health, I am still better than I could have been. After months of tests and more tests and still more tests, I could complain about how bad I have it. But, even though all the news wasn’t always great, it is a lot better than it could have been.
I take a page from my friend Barbara’s book. She is going through cancer and has chemo every week and it leaves her so tired that she just has no energy for anything and just has to sleep for a day or two after the chemo. But she does not complain and still she plans for things like she has all the energy in the world. She amazes me. She is an inspiration for me.
And she does not waver any in her faith. She knows that God is there for her all the time. She could shake her fist and cry “Why me?” But, she only holds on stronger to the One who gave her life and to whom her life belongs. I pray all the time for her healing, but I also know that the possibility is there that the answer might just be “no.” So, we just have to make the most of life knowing that God is in control and that He knows best.
I had a follow-up mammogram this past week and joked with the girl there that I was ‘so impressed with the gowns that we have to wear.’ Ha, Ha! She was telling me about a lady from another country that came for a mammogram and they were talking about the gowns and she was just glad she had one to wear because in the country she came from you didn’t have the pleasure of wearing a gown, ugly or not.
I have done some stitching on the quilts that I have started, but not enough to really write about. Barbara and I have been planning what to do about Christmas and we want it to be homemade. So the quilting is ‘as I have time for’ now. But I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and who will be able to come. We hope to see several of our family that live out of the state. My husband likes to cook a big turkey and we both work on planning and cooking the rest of the meal. Our family is spread out and we love it when we can get together.
I will close with a saying that is appropriate for this time of year: Families are like quilts… lives pieced together, stitched with smiles and tears, colored with memories and bound by love.
Make a beautiful memory this Thanksgiving.
Graci