My Motorcycle Injuries

I’m not taking care of my niece this week because her mom is a teacher and the school in which she teaches is on spring break. Today I spent most of the morning working on a sermon for this coming Sunday and I spent part of the afternoon trimming a tree at the church property. My wife and my daughter are both home with me this week so I’ve been able to be with them throughout most of the day. Why do I share the minutiae of my day with you here? Because of this…earlier this afternoon I had to deal with an insurance issue concerning a CT scan that I’m supposed to have already taken. I ended up having to cancel the procedure until my insurance company gives the final OK within a few days from now. The need for the scan relates to a stent in my aorta near the heart that was placed there nine years ago because of a rupture caused by the force of impact in my accident. Am I sounding more exciting? I thought not. My point in typing this blog entry has to do with a quick thought and it’s thi...

Things have been a little demanding lately between taking care of my niece (4 years old, happy, energetic, and of the belief that I am able and willing to do anything imaginable), maintaining my house, and my regular duties within the ministry. Additionally, the folks who ordinarily do a lot of the maintenance work on the church property haven’t been well, so I’ve been covering things such as cleaning the main building and some of the landscaping work. There are days when I feel so beat up that I just want to sit and stare. The parts of my body affected by the motorcycle accident keep me feeling as though I’m wearing down like an overused gear that’s slowly running out of grease. My hand takes a few minutes to operate normally when I first wake up, while the rest of the day is spent with the need to tolerate everything else that my hand feels like, well, feeling. My leg is constantly in need of “warming up” for the sake of walking when I first stand after having been seated for more th...