Mother's Words of Wisdom

My mother feels that I've not made it clear enough, how weak and physically limited I am. I'm just so excited to be up out of bed for more than a few hours a day, I perhaps make it sound like I'm doing more than I actually am. Mom feels that people may percieve that I am now functioning "normally", when I am not.
I must proclaim...Even when I do regain more energy it is never my intention to live anyone's definition of a normal life, or to even resemble my own old "normal" life. I am slowing defining my new normal and hope and pray that my life will continue to be anything but normal. Wise words from my dear, step-Dad, Gary Wagner, resinate in my head, when I remember telling him as a child that I wanted to be normal; he told me to never strive for a life of normalcy, that it would be boring. Well, I did it "un-real Dad", My life is anything but normal,and I like it that way. You were right!
To the left of this writing is a list of prayer requests, where I have highlighted my weaknesses, struggles with pain and discomfort. It is not my intention to focus on them and write about them regularly. I cope and deal with them the best I can each and every day and I don't wish for it to interfer with my spirit and hope for the future, the future even being every passing minute.
The last couple of days have been much slower for me, I was moving to quickly for a few days with not enough sleep and my body was getting angry with me. So I took the advice of my nurse friend, Amber and have taken medication to assist me in getting more than 3-6 hours of sleep a night. I've also had to take long naps of 3 hours these last two days. I have many sore muscles right now, it feels like i hit the gym really hard, when all I've been doing is simple household chores. This is my body's way of reminding me that I still need help and humbly I need to ask for it.

Graciously accepting continued help and support,

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