Tick-tock

Hello. It's me again. Things here are going OK these days. My body is cooperating with everything that life demands of it lately. I'm getting things done around the house, the church property, and the homes of a relative or two in need of help with repairs. I still take care of my young niece during the workweek while her energy levels and consequent need to playplayplay continue to grow along with her body. All in all things are moving forward from day to day and I'm very much thankful for the freedom that I have to live my life and take part in all of the things that I do.

With all of that said, I can feel that things continue to get worse with the body parts related to my accident injuries as time moves on. It's nothing really big, but rather it's just some subtle changes that are evolving over time. It's getting harder for me to walk after I've been sitting for too long a period of time, and it's becoming more difficult to walk without some type of slight limp. My hand is getting noticably stiffer and harder to open and close with any sense of ease. The ability to relax my hand beyond any pain or discomfort is becoming more and more infrequent. As I said above, I'm living life and getting things done, but over any given  period of months I can pause and see that things have gotten a little worse. It's not the coming months that concern me, but rather the coming years. Things add up over time, you know? I guess the best that I can do is enjoy each day, do the best I can with what I have, and accept each change and challenge with a heart that's full of gratitude and determination. Time marches on.