A month ago, my knee started to hurt. Like most moms, I kept plugging along - thinking the pain was just a strain. Then, I was walking to my van and something, something went wrong. The pain seered through my knee and I hopped on one leg to my van. Getting in, I knew something was wrong. Crying, I drove home only to find I could not walk on it. My family rallied around me and cared for me until the morning. With my husband driving me to the clinic, we found the culprit. Osteoarthritis in the knee and then one side had cartlidge that has worn thin. They kept saying, "you are so young."
What I learned through the process is that therapy really can make a difference ( you should see me do a leg lift). That your family can be all you need in a time of crisis. Sometimes, you have to put yourself first. God sometimes puts in something bad for the overall good (if I had not found out now, five years from now, the cartlidge would be gone). I also found out that my husband and I still have our humor intact. We laughed when he crashed my wheelchair into the counter (2-3 times), we laughed when I bought vitamins and the register kicked out a free membership to AARP, we laughed when I had the X-ray and the lady asked if there was a chance I could be pregnant and we laughed when the kids suggested I get Life Alert. Life hands you challenges. How you handle them defines who you are.
One thing that does always help me is music. Check out I'll Be Believing or Jesus Will Still Be There by Point of Grace (letsjustpraise.com). I put a link below. Enjoy.
I'll Be Believing
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