Turning the Page
Posted by ellen5e in Christian, Health, Home, Personal Experience, Ponderings on 01 31st, 2010 | No Comments
I HAVE TURNED THE PAGE! January 2010 is a time that I can look upon as a time of new beginnings. I continued to use my contemplations of December’s poor energy from CFS and come up with some kind of plan.
First, honestly assess where I am. I am in poor health and am driving myself unrealistically...
Imperfect Perfection
You know what? I am NOT perfect. Surprise! Yet, one of my personal struggles is with the character defect of perfectionism. I could even go so far to say that it is a sin, but I don’t know that I chose so much to act this way as it is a natural bent that has plagued my Type A, constantly pushing...
Crashed and Turned
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Pain, Life, Personal Experience, Uncategorized on 09 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Some of you will have already heard about this, but since today is the anniversary date of a major life-altering event, I decided to reblog it.
September 17, 1987 is a special date on the calendar for me. You see, it was 22 years ago today that my life took a major hit. While driving our Kawasaki 550...
A Bird in the Hand Not Worth the Fall!
Posted by ellen5e in Art, Chronic Pain, Health, Home, Personal Experience on 06 11th, 2009 | No Comments
I am going to tell you the tale of yet another unfortunate event in my life. I think you will agree that I have more lives than a herd of cats.
The chicken was almost done in the oven when Steve arrived home from work. I glanced behind him standing at the sliding glass patio door into our backyard. There...
Without a Leg to Stand On
Surgery Discription
Originally uploaded by Ellen5e
The last few days have been really tough. I always have chronic pain, so I usually have a pretty high pain threshold. However, this latest surgery has ground me down more than any previous. Since I have had extra time awake in the middle of the night,...
Dig – Dug Drag
Excavation Day2
Originally uploaded by Ellen5e
Please pray for Steve. My poor husband has been digging for two days now, in the cold weather trying to get to the place where the lateral drain has collapsed. He is determined to uncover the spot by hand and THEN have a contractor come in to pull permits...