Sunday, March 7

Sunday, March 7

Facts:

We’ve had a couple of good days. Each day Jeff’s ribs and sternum seem to be healing just a little more. It all depends on how much he uses them. We’ve developed a routine of sorts which is good for now, but will be abandoned Tuesday when we head for surgery some time in the afternoon. Then we’ll start all over. We plan to go to church this morning. Jeff wants to teach his class and we figure he can handle an hour or so. It’s good for him to be up and around, but wears him out pretty quickly. So we’ll teach and come home. Our goal for now is to accomplish as much healing as we can before Tuesday afternoon.

Thoughts:

When you get married, “joined together” your experiences are interwoven with your spouse. What you go through he/she goes through. Jeff was constantly apologizing for the tasks necessary to support him and meet his needs since the accident. I’m not sure who has the most difficult role right now. Given the choice, either one of us would have chosen to be the injured one. Not because that is the easiest role, but because it is so difficult watching someone you love suffer. It requires a combined effort to go through an experience such as this one in which we find ourselves. I shared with Jeff this didn’t happen to you. It happened to us. You do your part, I’ll do my part and we’ll get through this together. And so we will……