sing like wildflowers

What a week. My mom went to the emergency room on Tuesday morning after complaining for a couple of days about bodily aches, indigestion, and extreme fatigue. She had just stopped taking the weekly diabetes injection, which seemed to have triggered those side effects. She asked to stop and the doctor switched her to daily insulin shots, twice a day.

When she went to the ER this Tuesday morning, they decided to admit her to treat for high lactic acid and a UTI. She’s getting discharged today. Whew…it’s been unsettling to wait by the phone to translate for her. My mom sounds much better and more stable. Thankfully, the doctors have been patient and considerate in explaining everything to me clearly.

My initial goal when my mom went to the ER was to avoid letting the stress affect me, which would eventually trickle down to my kids’ emotional state too. I handled myself better than last November when my mom went in for an emergency pacemaker, but it wasn’t ideal. I was grumpy and short with the kids. I apologized. They understood and accepted.

Everyday is a new day to train and develop my attitude for the better. God is teaching me everyday to trust Him and to stop the incessant worrying of what could go wrong. My worries don’t stop for what the day holds, but they extend to the next few years to even decades of time. I know…it’s futile and senseless.

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT): “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand…”

Matthew 6:34 (NLT) “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.