Walking in the Shadows

It has been a while since my last post, I just haven’t had the umph needed to write. I have had plenty of things rattle around in my head to write about, but I just haven’t sat down and started typing. So, here we go today, I am sitting down, typing… I hesitate to write about pain, for many reasons but I keep coming back to it so I think it is something I need to write about. There are so many levels and types of pain, it is a challenge to write about ones experience without fully understanding another’s. I have recently been diagnosed with Adenomyosis and finally have a diagnosis for pain I have been experiencing for three years. Fortunately the pain has been manageable with just the last year being the most intense. Chronic pain differs from acute pain (in my experience) because chronic pain is nagging where as if you have acute kidney stone pain, there is no managing that, you just take the pain meds or get to the hospital as quickly as possible. So, here I am ...

This year we are growing a garden for the first time! What an adventure! I am learning a lot and finding there is still much to learn. I have made a few mistakes and will surely make more (my most comical was probably planting the WHOLE potato instead of just the eye). Each day I go outside to see if anything new has grown and once the flowers started on the plants I was like a kid in a toy store, just so excited. Now, the fruit is starting to grow and I am beside myself with excitement. I can NOT wait to taste my very first organic, home grown tomato! There have also been quite a few life lessons while tending my garden, it is truly a blessing how the Lord speaks to us through his creation. · How in the world can something so fresh and tasty come from a little seed? · Who knew the dirt mattered? Oh but the foundation is ever so important. ·   And one of the greatest lessons for me has been patience. I planted my little seeds several months ago and still h...