Yesterday, I heard a whippoorwill calling from the woods
when I stepped outside at 5 am to let the cat out of the basement. I was
reminded that my friend Naomi never enjoys hearing the whippoorwill because she
associated their song with the emotional state she was in after her husband was
critically injured in an industrial accident and they did not know if he would
life or die. He lived.
Yesterday, I saw a scissor-tailed flycatcher fly up to a
power line alongside the road as I drove our boy to the emergency department.
They are not common here, so that was a joy.
Yesterday, I heard a doctor say the words “abscess or tumor
with some bleeding, 4-cm area at the top of his head...” Time seemed to slow
down and just stop. I forgot to breathe. Was my heart still beating? I guess it
was.
Yesterday, the EMT supervisor in the ER who explained the things
our boy was supposed to do until we see the neurologist took our boy’s hand as
we were leaving and said, “I will pray for you.”
Yesterday, while we were waiting in WalMart to pick up the
drugs he was prescribed, I saw a lovely woman I had just met the day before at singing
we had at church. She sang a beautiful song in her beautiful voice. She asked
me how I was, and I started to tell her, and then began to cry. She put her arm
around me and gave me a hug. “I will pray for you,” she said. And then a little
while later, while we were still waiting for our medicine, she came and sat
next to me on the pharmacy bench and she did pray for us.
Yesterday evening, just as I was getting ready to stop what
I was doing on the computer, the cat leaped up to my computer area and knocked
over my coffee, which spilled all over my keyboard.
Yesterday evening, as we were getting ready for bed, a
beautiful, pale-green luna moth arrived at the storm door and began fluttering against
the glass, trying to get to the light beyond. We closed the door so it would
fly off and go about its short life.
7 comments:
I'm sure you will remember all those things from yesterday. What a wonderfully kind and sympathetic ER Supervisor. There should be more of them around. I will certainly keep you and your son in my prayers. Please keep us updated.
We're praying for you all. We LOVE YOU!!
I am praying for you too.
thanks for the pic of my childhood friend Box Turtle; his sea cousins say "Hello"
Aloha from Waikiki, Friend
Comfort Spiral
Hello LL
Take care of yourself and your young man - I'm sure all will be well.
((Hugs from afar))
Cathy
can you see me
Hi Leilani, that last message was from me. I was just checking if my google account still worked. My daughter in law Laurie had a blog when my grandson was little. Anyway just wanted you to know that we are all praying here in Calif. My brother has him on a prayer chain at his church. We are sending lots of love to all of you.
Donna
I am hoping that after a few days have passed that your son was able to see the Neurologist. I am sending a prayer your way..:)
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