Step Into My Office

These days my life has been resolved to the sofa. As I recover from my "bad day of walking" I am learning more about patience than I ever wanted to know. Watching the world move around me, I can tell you things like where the dust bunnies hide when someone walks through the room and how many flies it takes to make me throw a pillow at the ceiling. While I have done some productive things like watching a bird family in the cherry tree in our back yard, I have also spent too much time feeling sorry for myself. It is common knowledge that I don't sit still very well and lying on the sofa these few days has taught me that I need serious help in the patience department. I do not like asking for every little thing and feel awful watching the girls do my work. Another problem I have is a lack of coordination. The shocking news is that I'm not athletic so I haven't quite figured out the crutches bit. Rachel still feels like she should walk with me when I get up to go to the bathroom, and I don't blame her. Wobbling around like I do, I am kind of glad she is staying close. The doctors say I'll be able to walk on this boot before too long, which is already too long for me.
Because my mom had major surgery on her back this week, I am especially disappointed about my clumsiness. I had planned on going to the hospital and staying for several days; now that is left to other family members. Thankfully there are several who are more than willing to be there and have been so good to her. I have to pray even harder when I hear her suffering and know I can't be there. It's another evidence of "We make our plans, but God directs our paths."
Before I sound too pitiful, I must say that I have done some things I know would never have gotten done. I have watched hours of a new writing program on dvd that would have taken me years to go through if I wasn't confined. I am able to read and listen to the girls better too. As we are making plans to start school soon, I hope that all this sitting will make me a more focused teacher and help me not worry so much about household duties. Amazingly, I have also gotten to talk to several friends on the phone this week which usually only happens on the run and in short snippets of time. Another blessing is that I have witnessed that some of our girls are truly capable of running a household for a longer period of time and I may even want to take a long vacation after I can get around. (ha-ha)
Now you know, if your are in our area and want to visit I'm sitting on the sofa for the next five weeks and two days, that is unless I can figure out these crutches.