Thankful Thursday: Nurses and Techs

 

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None of my caregivers will probably never see this, but...

Health care has definitely changed over these last few years.

Nursing homes have a very high turnover rate; always have and always will.

Times are tough.  Most places are having to hire agency staff in order to have enough staff to take of us.  Most agency workers do their job; some of them very well, but most of them are missing that personal connection,

But, then you get excellent techs and nurses who do take that extra care to make you feel loved and cared for.  They treat you like a...like a real person.

Thank you for giving us the care we need.

One Word - Regret

 

 

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What do you regret?

Many (not all) of our regrets are rooted in sin.  Many are also related to bad choices we make.

We think that little white lie we told someone can't hurt them.  

We all make choices; most of our choices affect other people.

We all want to believe that we make the right choices; we do the right things.

Most of us do not plan on hurting our loved ones, but we all do in one way or another.

If we take a chance at doing something or having a relationship with others; we risk the chances of regret.

So, do we invest in bubble wrap and all stay in our perspective corner so we don't get hurt?

That's no way to live.  What kind of life is that?

So, do we take the chance or invest $14 for bubble wrap?

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Mental Illness;; Other's Connecting or Control

  

 There are many people with mental health issuess have family and friends who think  they know and understand their issuses.   Most of the time they don'tt.

My issues change from day to day.  It's different than it was 5 or 10 years ago.  Used to, my isusess came to visit around the same time my Aunt Flo did.  Evan after I had my hystorectmy, I was still following the same clock

Hpwever, as I've gotten older, I'm' having more emotional espidoes.

There are also becoming moew serve.

Others think that's a reason of why and when your mental issuses "strikes". 

I think this occurs for a couple of reasons; I think they want to make a "connection" with their loved ones.

But, I also think people yerning to be in "control".  If you are in contol, you don't have feel resposible for your loved one mental health issues. You can't conrol  When, where or why a mental health isusse occurs, amd that DRIVES people crazy; especially for those who are "TYPE A".

Unfortunately, you can't control a mental illnes any more than you can control other illness.

 

 

Thankful Thursday: My Sweet Mama

 

I have the BEST Mama.

I know everyone thinks their mother is the greatest, but...

My mom will be 72 on the 8th.

She and Daddy took a chance on a sick baby who may have been profoundly disabled.  One who they may have to take care of for the rest of their life.  

She has 8 kids; 7 biological and one stepdaughter; 5  boys and 3 girls.  You'd never know it though.

She went to nursing school in her 40's to support her family; working 12-hour night shifts, so that the little kids always had someone at home to take care of them.

She took care of Dalton for about 6 weeks before  Bobbye was born.  (He was 3 and she lives an hour and a half away from us - she kept him during the week. Barret would pick him for the weekend .)

She came and helped take care of me after my hip replacement.

She is helping to take care of a family .friend.

I love my mama!!!

One Word Wednesday - Self-Love

 

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I think many of us confuse "SELF-LOVE" with "SELFISHNESS".

Years ago, I wrote in my prayer journal; "How can I love for others if I don't love and pray for myself first.

We are taught from an early age that it is better to give than receive - which most of the time is.

However, we can't give what we don't have.  How can I give yo $10 when I don't even have $5???

Gary Chapman wrote the "Love Languages" books.  In them, he talks about how we have to speak other people's love language.  My love language is affection and touch.  Barrett's (my husband) love language is acts of service.  I keep trying to be affectionate with him (like I want him to be with me) and he does nice stuff for me( like what he wants to be done for him).

It is a battle of the wills, and we both end up losing.

We have to love ourselves enough to be able to stand up for what we need.

About Me Tuesday: Judy Blume

 

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When  I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, I got a set off  Judy Blume books.

I loved them.  I mean who couldn't love Fudge??? 

I was reading one day and I had an epiphany...

If she could write, why couldn't I???

Tbus, now  I'm a writer.

Mental Health and God

 

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It is hard to be a Christain AND have a mental illness.

When I was younger (and even now) people would tell me that if my faith were greater or if I prayed more I wouldn't be disabled (or God would take my disability away)/\.

This is, by the way, an AWFUL thing to say to someone!!!

I do think that if I was a better person, a better Christian, a better wife, a better mother, a better friend, a better...a better...a better...

Then I wouldn't have a mental illness!!!

Am I being punished????

The more I spiral into my mental illness I go, the more askew my view of God becomes.

It reigns from guilt to blame to acceptance to hatred to love and back again.

The circle of... insanity.

There are days when it takes every fiber in my body not to do something I can't take back.

I know this thinking is irrational and self-centered and is totally selfish because there are people who are truly irrational and self-centered; those who truly NEED help.

Somehow, in my opinion, we either think we are more deserving than others or we think we are less deserving than others.  

I tend to think I am less deserving than others.

(Some people say that this in itself makes me self-centered.)

Sometimes I wonder if GOD only gives us so many chances in this life, and I've reached my limit.