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I've been feeling discouraged these last few days because of how depressing the news is. It's discouraging that Steve still hasn't found a job, but seems even worse when everytime I look at the paper all I seem to read about is how bad our economy is and how the unemployment rates keep jumping higher and higher.
I am blessed beyond measure, but sometimes I feel the need to just get bummed out because things aren't working like I want them to and in my timing.
I was feeling rather justified in my gloomy mood until I got a call from one of my coworkers today. She's a few years younger than me and is happily married with 4 kids. Last month I rememember her telling me how excited she was that her husband would finally be able to have surgery on a tumor that's been on his arm for over 10 years. Because they don't have health insurance they've been on a waiting list to get the tumor removed. The tumor was removed just after the New Year, but in the weeks following the surgery they found some blood clots in his arm. They figured they could do a routine surgery to remove the clots, only in just a days time that clot had moved up to his brain and would be untreatable. She called me this afternoon to let me know that she wouldn't be at work because she was waiting at the hospital for her daughters to arrive so they could say good-bye to their Dad one last time before they would have to turn his life support off.
Obviously I was put in my place very quickly. My heart goes out to this young lady and I honestly couldn't imagine what she must be going through - one moment full of hope and the next preparing for life as a widow.
Suddenly knowing that I will come home to a clean house with dinner on the table because my husband is home taking care of everything while he doesn't have a job seems like a dream come true and puts everything into perspective.
I needed that good kick in the butt today and will go home thankful that I have a husband to hug. I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know that I want to cherish every moment I have now. It's easy to roll along in life and think "that will never happen to me", but it seems like I'm constantly meeting people that believed those words just before their world was turned upside down.
My heart goes out to Tracy and her family during this rough time, please keep them in your prayers!
I am blessed beyond measure, but sometimes I feel the need to just get bummed out because things aren't working like I want them to and in my timing.
I was feeling rather justified in my gloomy mood until I got a call from one of my coworkers today. She's a few years younger than me and is happily married with 4 kids. Last month I rememember her telling me how excited she was that her husband would finally be able to have surgery on a tumor that's been on his arm for over 10 years. Because they don't have health insurance they've been on a waiting list to get the tumor removed. The tumor was removed just after the New Year, but in the weeks following the surgery they found some blood clots in his arm. They figured they could do a routine surgery to remove the clots, only in just a days time that clot had moved up to his brain and would be untreatable. She called me this afternoon to let me know that she wouldn't be at work because she was waiting at the hospital for her daughters to arrive so they could say good-bye to their Dad one last time before they would have to turn his life support off.
Obviously I was put in my place very quickly. My heart goes out to this young lady and I honestly couldn't imagine what she must be going through - one moment full of hope and the next preparing for life as a widow.
Suddenly knowing that I will come home to a clean house with dinner on the table because my husband is home taking care of everything while he doesn't have a job seems like a dream come true and puts everything into perspective.
I needed that good kick in the butt today and will go home thankful that I have a husband to hug. I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know that I want to cherish every moment I have now. It's easy to roll along in life and think "that will never happen to me", but it seems like I'm constantly meeting people that believed those words just before their world was turned upside down.
My heart goes out to Tracy and her family during this rough time, please keep them in your prayers!
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I am crying as I read this... is there anything practical we can do for Tracy? Please let us know.
She said she'd let me know. She's been in Elkhorn with her family and will be returning to Madison with the kids tomorrow so they can go back to school Monday.
Right now a lot of us from work are collecting money for a pendent she wants that is custom made to hold her husbands ashes in it.
I'm sure as she settles back into life she'll need practical things like food and babysitting though.
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