Struggle

Update on my mom's surgery...

They have run tubes from her kidneys to a bag on each leg to collect the fluid. They will re-evaluate in a week. Not much has been said as to what to expect from here forward. It's one day at a time.

I just finished the autobiography of Joni Eareckson Tada. If you've never read it, I would recommend it highly. I especially enjoyed the audio book, read by the author herself. It was a little difficult at times to hear the heartrending words, but her journey to finding true happiness in God was amazing, to say the least. Sometimes, as I listened to her story, she would mention the year. I would remember back to where I was in life that year, and be overcome by the realization of what one young woman was enduring during that same time that I was selfishly pursuing my own happiness. I find great comfort in her story. God didn't take away her affliction, despite her faith and that of others. But He gave her strength to not only survive, but thrive! Struggle does not mean God is absent, it only means we need to draw closer to Him.

~Vicky