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Just wanted to share with those of you who are really struggling with pain like I am. I started an Inspirational Journal for myself. I write quotes and Scripture, prayers and thoughts, etc in there. I am decorating it like a scrapbook. It is really helping me to focus on what is real. It's so easy to get bogged down in fear and depression when the days of pain drag on. But what is real is that I have great hope for the future, and that I am healing more and more everyday. The Journal is an outlet for me now, a reminder for the days to come, and possibly a blessing to someone else in the future. It is also a way to process all that is happening and grow from it.
Lisa that is a beautiful post
Lisa that is a beautiful post and I know you echo what so many others have done who are now enjoying thier lives to the full again with so much more appreciation than ever before.
I too keep a folder full of thoughts, poems etc and take them out when I need them most.
I enjoyed my first real days of relative 'peace' from pain a couple of weeks ago, when it was low enough to be able to go out for days with my daughter and feel like the 'old' me but with my heart brimming over with joy that I was finally experiencing life again and sharing it with the most precious person in the world to me...my darling daughter.
Pain has returned but I hold those days dear and read my insprirational poems to look towards further healing in the future.