It's 3:40 and most of my faithful and not very often lately satisfied readers are tucked in their beds, snoring and snurking away, dreaming of icecream, candy, fluffy white clouds and counting as many sheep as possible, whilst here i am, sitting up wrapped in a blanket, having all my paperwork done, not wanting to wake anyone up yet for bloodwork, the little noises of my co-workers giving me clues as to their whereabouts and actions, though truth be told, the nursing station i'm at tonight is a bit of a lonely outpost, the outrider of the ward and the boundary between our world and the rest of the hospital. Truly, it does feel as if you are in a different world here...true that we can see the weather happening around us through our many big windows but in some ways, it feels so artificial and closed off that i'm always always happy to put on my sandals and let my toes breathe in the outside air, just as surely as my lungs do a big inhale when they are finally greeted with fresh air.
Aaah, what's the point to all this? Hmmm... well, no point at all... should i have to make sense at this time? Nope, i believe i'm exempted from rationality and sensibleness. So i might babble on for a while and see what comes up from the mixed up files of Miss Danielle E. Frankenweiler.
September is a busy month. It's birthday month in the Mussche and extended branches household and that means birthday parties and streamers and birthday cakes by the truckload. Well, okay, maybe not that bad, but indeed all of us girls are born in September and now young Nate has joined us, making the month even busier. But it is fun too... time to get together with friends and family and share times together. I was able to celebrate my birthday on Saturday evening with friends and family - bit late i know but better late than never. I asked everyone to bring a book with them, or at least the most interesting thing they had read this year... the rules weren't set in stone, people could, if the Canada Reads pick wasn't their latest and greatest read, bring their favorite kids book or even if that was too far, the cereal package they had read at breakfast or the bottle of windshield washer fluid that they had used that morning. I think that most of us read at least something each day and i was just interested in what my friends shelves contained and where their interests ranged. And they were far-ranging - from Christian fiction to Nikolski, from Red Green quotes to The Glass Castle and back again. I was happy that people were willing to share their reads and i've made myself a nice list of what looks good to read in the future. Thanks all! And thanks for your company and friendship. I might be in danger of waxing a little sappy here (does that even make sense? I have no idea but i liked the words) but i am so happy that i am surrounded by such blessing.
I sometimes fear a bit that it will all be taken away and that only then will i truly appreciate what it means to be living how i do. I was talking with a co-worker last evening and we agreed that we are richly blessed - I don't have to stay here like my patients do, I am not facing a life-threatening illness, I am surrounded by friends and family who love me, I have a home, a job and volunteer interests to be a part of, I can bike home at the end of my night shift without gasping for breath (well, maybe not that, heehee), I love and are loved, and so often, so often, i take all of this for granted. So i guess it's time to smarten up and start thanking God for His all-surrounding love and power, for His peace and grace He shares so freely and for waking me up inside once again.
That's it for now since the eyelids are starting to shut operations down here...
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