37,000 Words

   It’s 25 days in to 2019 and I am already feeling like it has been quite a year.  There have been some wonderful things and some down-right emotionally and physically draining things.  But that is precisely what makes life worth living, isn’t it? The sprinkles on my sundae!

   Kirk and I were in Texas last week with family as my sweet Aunt Polly made the transition from this life to beyond the veil.  We spent quite a bit of time gathered in her room reminiscing about so many wonderful memories through the  years.

 At times it was quiet and we all were either in our own thoughts or reading or scrolling through social media.  Kirk decided to reread the blog I wrote about his motorcycle crash and subsequent broken back. I followed suit and found myself crying over the multitude of blessings we experienced at the hands and hearts of family and friends.  I was reminded of the growth that happened personally, in our marriage and in our family and I was profoundly aware of Heavenly Father’s hand in granting not only a full recovery but an amazing experience for us.  He truly knows and loves me, and you.
   Rereading the blog gave Kirk and me a lot to talk about... such fond memories of time spent with loved ones, even if he was a captive audience! We shed tears several times as we discussed our kids, family, friends and even people we hardly knew that went out of their way to help us during those 6 months. It truly was a blessing to go on that adventure with everyone.
    Writing as often as I did during that time was therapeutic. I enjoyed talking about what we were learning through our adventure and hoped that our experience would be able to help someone at some point.  I didn’t realize how much it was helping me!
   I guess what I’m trying to say is....I have a lot say! Kirk is always saying “Women use 37,000 words a day...” what he doesn’t realize is that we only use that many because we have to repeat things for our hubbies when they tune us out!  Seriously though, I like putting my thoughts into words and putting those in to print so... I’m going to give this blog another go and I invite you to come along!