Thank You God for waking me today and reminding me that nothing will happen to me that You and I cannot deal with together.
That is a pray I’ve said every morning for as long as I can remember. It is a personal thanksgiving that got me through domestic crises, cancer diagnosis and surgeries, and a failed kidney transplant. Not the sort of things usually put on a list of things to be thankful for.
Yet they are. Together they are the epitome of ‘what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger’ and that the power of prayer is stronger than man alone.
Two weeks ago today I was in the emergency room, disoriented, unstable, with a crushing headache. As each professional passed through the room the same questions were asked. How long? Maybe a week, maybe 2, was never this bad. Did you fall? No. Did you hit your head? No. Sinus infection? Yes. And a million or so tests taken and I was ultimately admitted to the cardiac floor (because I do have valve issues).
To make a long story short, everything that could be considered was considered except what I was considering. Perhaps it is something brain related. On Saturday afternoon, my daughter and sisters were visiting and almost simultaneously, asked what was happening. Apparently they all noticed my face drooped and my speech slurred, and just as fast, returned to normal. Not able to recite three people’s observation, thee attending physician ordered a CT Scan, and in quick order, another, the a transfer to neurology l then another series of scans and MRIs. A day later, a diagnosis…a subdural hematoma.
We still don’t know how it happened but I know I was able to deal with, together with my Highest Power and somehow He”d get the message to someone to check that out.
Sometimes it’s the big obvious things that scream for gratitude. Sometimes it’s the quiet moments that remind you the everyday is a day of thanksgiving. And none of them do we get through with some help.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. And don’t forget to thank your Highest Power.
I first published this in 2017 then most recently in 2021. Each time I read it, even though I wrote it, I seem to find something different to ponder. For example, this year – “while I think of all that I am thankful for I’ll manage to miss most of them.” We take too much for granted, our blessings, our talents, and most sadly, our fellow humans, often even the ones that occupy space right there next to us.
Lord, today we honor the memory of those men and women who have given their lives for their compatriots in the cause of freedom.
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