Things Happen

Posted on | January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments

And not necessarily nice things, either!

This past week sure fits the definition of “doozy.” Just briefly:

~ Hubby was gone ALL week, Sunday (!) through Saturday afternoon. Work took two weekend days.

~ The puppy was hurt when the play with the boys was a little bit too rough. She cried. She limped. She came to mom for comfort and I gave it to her and Cesar Milan would not be proud of me.

~ Next day, after a visit to the vet, he told us that the ligament behind her patella had come out of its groove and had to be popped in. It may be congenital, it may be purely due to trauma, or it may be a little of both. But if it doesn’t heal or improve in two weeks then it will cost $1337 for surgery to fix it.

~ After the vet trip, I headed to Lowes for two toilet flappers. Just as we get there, J had an accident involving the pizza bagel from lunch refusing to stay where it belonged. Honestly? I thought to myself that Lowes’ parking lot was as good a place as any for it to happen. That way, I could get paper towels and carpet spot cleaner along with the toilet flappers. The dog, poor dog, had to be tied up inside of the car so she couldn’t move. Look up the mention of “dog” in the book of Proverbs. Yep, she wanted to live that verse.

~ Clean up on aisle 5? Nope. NM, an ANGEL of a big brother, offered to take J to the bathroom so he could properly say goodbye to the pizza bagel. Who was I to refuse? Apparently, all of the pizza bagel had departed already.

~ NM told me I should buy the package of Bounty on the impulse buy table. Because it was on the impulse buy table, I said no. Instead, I bought a pack of Charmin. Um. It pays to listen. Charmin is toilet paper. I stood in the rain (did I mention it was raining all of Friday?) to clean up what was in the car. TP doesn’t really do as good a job as paper towels. The boys played in the front seat and did NOT complain. The car next to me left and another car took its place, both drivers were very sympathetic with my plight.

~ Because of the bug that caused J’s pain, we missed our afternoon appointment: I was supposed to speak at a Christian club at a junior high. I’ve never spoken to junior high folks before. I was kinda looking forward to it. NM was, too. But he did NOT complain.

~ J was in pain. I went to bed at 1 am (not J’s fault but hubby’s for his absence…hah!). I couldn’t sleep. At 2, J started crying about his stomach. I called the night nurse just because I wanted to confirm what I knew, that cramps are because you’re putting something back into a recently stressed stomach. Confirmed, and I was told what symptoms to watch for in case it’s an appendicitis attack. It wasn’t.

~ Next day, plans for a hike were nixed of course. NM did NOT complain. J didn’t not keep anything down until after lunch. My dear neighbor gave me some tea for upset tummies. J had sips of it even though he hated it. He kept it down! He slept for 30 minutes until I got him up so we could pick up Abba at the airport. He was hurting during the drive. But I made it there before hubby got out of the gate! Woohoo, on time!

~ By the time it was close to dinner, J was much better though still just eating rice crackers and having sips of tea. It stayed in him.

Now I sure hope that didn’t sound like a litany of complaints. It was sad with two sick family members and another one missing. I was kind of tempted to whine and mind you, I did. But the Lord brought this admonition to mind: to cast all my burdens on Him. Praise be to God, He was so faithful to remind me at every hard place to ask Him for strength. And bible study that week was more than appropriate!

The verse I had to remember: Phl 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

And instead of grumbling and complaining? Respond with gentleness: Phl 4:5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord [is] at hand.

The Lord is at hand because He loves us so much that He can’t take His eyes off us. He is so good to supply us with what we need when we need it. We just have to ask!

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2 Responses to “Things Happen”

  1. Linda
    January 21st, 2010 @ 5:39 am

    Oh, my heart goes out to you. I’ve had my share of these kind of weeks (with hubby gone, too!).

    Praying your puppy does not need surgery. Ours ended up with a hip replacement and it was costly in more ways than one.

    As you said, God’s strength is sufficient for our every need. And because of this, we can offer up the sacrifice of praise

  2. Phisch
    January 23rd, 2010 @ 2:00 am

    Linda, thanks for stopping by!

    Yes, amen and amen! His strength is made perfect in our weakness.

    Puppy is much better, thanks. She’s taken the last of her anti-inflammatory meds tonight and she’s no longer limping. The other plus is that she seems a lot more, errr, how should we say it, demure? She’s calmed down a bit which is great.

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