Life right now

I hope this post finds you and your family healthy! This post has been way over due, but I was feeling awkward trying to write about my life during this time in history. Days seem to run together and it feels as if this is not real. I’m totally going to age myself here...😉 This feels like one of the end of days stories I read 20 years ago! 😳 I never really believed I would ever see anything like this in my lifetime, but here we are.

Life is very different now. We have 4 kids at home. My 16 year old hasn’t spent this much time with his parents in years. 😁 I actually love having the kids home, but I’m so thankful for their teachers. I never thought we’d do homeschooling at our house. Mostly because of my lack patience. Which is kinda funny coming from me, who before the accident was working as an assistant teacher in a "preschool" room. I used the quotation marks only because they were preschool age but at a school building,but completely separated. It’s complicated. Lol But I was seriously considering going to school to become a teacher and having my own room of littles. I’m fairly sure that’s off the books now. It makes me sad. I loved being in the classroom and watching the kids grow in ways that I hadn’t appreciated until now. 

Our lives are just so different now. I had my first speech therapy in weeks, since the world turned upside down. It was on a speaker phone call. Next week we will try video call. I joked with my speech therapist that I never anticipated missing therapy so much.😁 I have always been a very social person, so being injured has been hard, but now...I haven’t left the house in weeks. Before the accident, companies were just starting delivery of groceries, I often thought to myself "who would use that service?" To be honest Matt did our grocery shopping. So I already had a delivery service. 😂 After I came home I push him to use the service more because it was so nice for him not to have to do that by himself after running to therapy with me all day. Now we get so many deliveries. 

 

I am so incredibly thankful for anyone who is working outside of their home right now! Healthcare workers in every area mean so much to me after the accident. I spend lots of time praying for them and their families. There were moments last year as I recovered from surgery where I felt so alone. And Matt was with me whenever he could be with me. So the patients in the hospitals for any reason have my prayers as well. I was always a prayer warrior so it is nothing new to feel the pull at my heart, but this pandemic is definitely bigger than I’ve felt before.

I’m hoping that a few updates bring you a chuckle or at least a smile. 

Since we canceled my therapy schedules we’ve had to do that at home. Ya’ll no joke my husband is a mean therapist. 😂 Seriously I am so thankful he was so involved in my therapy because it makes this life change a little easier. He really pushes me. As with any workout plan it takes a while to see the results, but I have one for you!

It’s strange I continue to have feeling returning. Or at least becoming aware of it. My back, I feel my muscles back there getting stronger. Again it’s new and strange that I never felt it before. When we workout my shoulders I feel like I now have huge, heavy muscles. I’m ripped! 😁 Just kidding. It really is amazing how often I ask myself, how did I not notice how heavy my arms were before. I remember the very first time I stood after spending months on my back, looking at Matt and saying "I’m heavy."

Ok, now back to my good news. It’s kinda gross. So fair warning. If you have an active imagination you might want to stop reading. ☺️ I was in the bathroom by myself. Yes you read that right by myself. And I got my own TP. It struck me that I had been able to rip the TP for days. Either that or Matt bought some cheap thin paper. 🤣 Nope. A strange thought I know but I haven’t been strong enough in my arm and shoulder with enough speed to tear off my own pieces. So I find my arm/shoulder strength and speed is getting better by TP, 🤣

Outside of my TP story I don’t have much to share. We are trying not to fight too much as a family 😝and praying for so much stuff! Having the kids home sure does push me not to give up. Even if it is just walking or sit ups.  So as I finish up today I hope you have a little joy come from my story. Rip your TP with pride knowing how strong you are! Workout those arms! 😁 I know I write this often but hopefully it won’t be as long next time I post.

A picture of us outside still liking each other.  Don't look at my roots.🤭 Melissa I need you!!!

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