It has been a month since I last posted anything. Time has just gotten away from me and it is not because I am doing anything so time consuming that has made the days go by faster. I typically steer away from writing when I am feeling a little down int he dumps but I haven’t even been feeling down lately. (My mother always told me sister and I that if we didn’t have anything nice to say then we shouldn’t say anything at all.)
I guess that I just have not had much to say. I have been feeling good and strong and every day I feel the Lord’s restoration physically and spiritually. I am so grateful for my life and excited about the direction that I am headed. Now I have to say that I don’t exactly know where I am headed but I know for sure that I’m not headed back from whence I came!
NR: Physical therapy is going great! Starting next week, I will be going three days a week instead of two days a week. Last week, we began something new. I stand up between the parallel bars (just for safety sake) and instead of holding on to the bars to walk, I use one quad cane and take steps. The first time we tried it (October 29th) was great. I really felt as if I was ready to push past the exercises that we were doing. While holding the quad cane in my right hand, it was very challenging to take a step with my left leg because it still tends to drag just a little. Then when taking a step with my right leg, it is challenging because it seems that my right leg wants to cave in at the hip or knee. I cant really tell what the heck is going on. I told Darlene that if I could just start walking and then take off into a full sprint that I think I would be ok from there – lol. The second time we did the exercise (November 1st) I was working with John. For some reason, (that had nothing to do with John) it was so much harder to execute this exercise and I was on the verge of tears and I felt like giving up BUT I didn’t give up. Something deep down inside said that I have come to far to give up now so suck it up and work it out. I may not have done the exercise any better than I did it the first time but I still did it and my body will build on it all the same.
Victor always tells me “patience-patience” (said with French accent) and I have to remember that this slow growth is the best growth.
