One thing and another, I’ve been hammered flat all weekend. Auto\/home\/whatever repairs, and a toin of other crap all at once, and my knees feel like the dog’s breakfast. And yet, I’m enjoying myself immensely. <\/p>\n
Years and years ago, I watched my father suffer from the countless ailments and infirmities that plagued him all his days- bad feet, back, knees, bone marrow infections in the upper arm etc. <\/p>\n
I watched him- a tough man, a man capable of dealing with pain that would lay waste to lesser men- I watched him involuntarily weep in pain. <\/p>\n
I prayed a fervent prayer, every night, in those days. I prayed, “Please, God, take away a little of Dad’s pain. Let me have it. Let him sleep tonight. Let him rest.”<\/p>\n
Today, when I ache to stand, creaking and groaning and sore in all my joints….. I smile. And think, yep. I asked for this, and I accept it. And suddenly it doesn’t hurt so much at all. <\/p>\n