I'm Coming Up On The Rough Side Of The Mountain
"I'm coming up on the rough side of the mountain" is a song my mom used to sing in church and around the house when she was cooking or thinking about how rough we had it since it was just her and me!!! By the grace of God we made it up and over the mountain!! Well when I survived this stroke I had another mountain to climb as best I could!!
Well at this point in my climb I really feel everything will be OK with God by my side!! I just got back from a trip to New Orleans with my wife and we had a great trip seeing her family members! The 9th was her birthday and mine was on 22 July so we were both very thankful to enjoy another birthday together!! Eight years ago I didn't know if I was going to survive very long after a 5 month stay in the hospital seeing people come in there and go home while I was still there with no expected date to leave!! It did look pretty slim for a while!!
So, I came up again on the rough side of the mountain and many, many bumps in the road and still are but I feel so much better about making the climb this time around!! I'm happy and so thankful for my wife who stayed by my side all the way and we trusted in God to bring us to the other side of that mountain! I feel like a happy camper now as I look back over the last eight years and are able to do what I do!!
I may not do all I once did but I'm happy to do what I can do after the stroke being a true survivor! I think when we put our minds to work on being that survivor life changes to "I can, I will" be better but we all know life my not get us back to the way we once were physically but just having another chance at life really makes me feel so free!!
It does help in being able to drive my car, use a scooter and walk with my cane in such a way I can do most anything myself!! That's a good feeling so I'm a happy camper now!! I was happy when my wife went back to work as I was able to care for myself some and now much more at the eight year mark!! Sure I may never get back to walking, bowling and living the life I did prior to the stroke but that's alright I'm on the other side of that mountain and I truly enjoy being able to do all I can do for myself!!
Well I won't bore you all with a long Blog but just wanted to tell everybody a survivor's life is pretty good considering everything along the way when you can at least do some of the things you did before the stroke! I have an older brother that is in bed and can't move either side and the doctors can't figure out what all is wrong with his body but he can speak a little bit softly and he is 80 years old come September!!
God is good all the time and at my age I will always depend on his blessings for my life I have left!!!!!!
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