Proud of myself and others

I don't often say I am proud of myself but actually I am today. I am proud that I shook off the lurgy and returned and did whatever needed to be done. And proud of others too.

But actually I am proud that I have given myself a good telling off too. Enough of this nonsense of worry and doom and illness and dread. True I couldn't help being poorly but I need to focus, be positive, think happy thoughts and healthy vibes and move on to what I can make another great year. I still have the hospital tests I have been dreading to come later this week, but worrying about it isn't going to stop them from happening or change the results. They will be what ever they will be and I will be given the strength to cope with whatever they may or may not show. That I know. That I believe. Meanwhile, I have a whole lot to do and be and enjoy so best get on with it then!

PMA - that's what it is all about.

So on a positive note - let's put out the flags for my photo of the day. The flags .... well bunting ... was up and no, not JUST because I was back LOL. But it did make a cute picture.

Today's post was about being proud and about the positives in amongst the negatives and I have to say I am also proud of my mother in law and she is the focus of the page I made for the challenge this week at UKS. I don't often say I am proud of her and I really am.

She married her soul mate, Nigel's Dad, and they were so very happy for so many years, but she was widowed far too young and it was awful. For many years she struggled terribly and could see no purpose and no future. However, she did dust herself off and I am so proud of what she is now, what she has achieved and what she still does. At 86 she is the lynch pin in her block of apartments. She organises their social events, she teaches line dancing, she travels even over to America to see her other son, she walks miles. She is amazing.

 I apologise it is a little crooked from the scanner, but not in reality.

I would dread ever being in her position and only hope, God forbid, that if ever I were, I could rise like she has. So the challenge was to scrap a woman and her achievements and this is for my mother-in-law and her achievement in dealing with such awful loss and tragedy.

 

Today I am thankful for

• getting through today
• Finding my positivity back

 

My one minute devotional today is

Charlie and his wife, Carol, have been my next-door neighbors since I moved here several years ago. We got along well, and their two sons used to mow my grass in the summer.

Then one day, Charlie and I had a dispute over something I can’t even remember. We stopped speaking. Carol and I waved when we drove past each other on the road, but Charlie looked the other way. It was an uncomfortable situation, but I didn’t know what to do about it.

God did.

The couple who had bought the farm across the street from me, Bob and Rosemary, were expecting a baby, their first, and all the neighbors were excited because we hadn’t had a new baby on our street for a long time. When Rosemary called me from the hospital to tell me she and Bob had a son, I was thrilled—until she asked me to call a few neighbors to tell them the good news.

“Don’t forget Charlie and Carol,” she said, not knowing we weren’t on speaking terms. “They’ve been on pins and needles.”

I called everyone on our street, except Charlie and Carol. Finally, I couldn’t put it off any longer; I had given my word to Rosemary.

I dialed the number and held my breath. Charlie answered in the pleasant, friendly way I remembered. I hurried to tell him about the new baby before he could hang up on me. He didn’t. “Gee, that’s wonderful,” he said. “It was nice of you to call.”

“Actually, Rosemary asked me,” I said, “but it’s nice to talk to you.”

“Same here,” Charlie said, and we went on to talk about all kinds of things that had happened in our lives. Our years of silence were over. God had found a way to make us neighbors again.

Comments

[Mary B]

I'm so glad you are feeling more positive and that the sickness is leaving you now. Take care

[Scrappyjen]

Glad you are feeling more positive. Jenx

[Jen Hart]

Glad to hear you are more positive, I always feel you are anyway :)

[mary]

I know that at times it's not easy to keep that positive feeling! one minuet you tell yourself that there is no point in worrying, it won't change a thing, and the next you are full of dread again. I think that the waiting for tests, results, and the uncertainty is very nerve- racking. But you are ready to face it head on Karen, and you have Nigel by your side.to help you deal with it come what may.