Day Before Surgery & Ya Gotta Have Friends

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It's my day before surgery and I have moments of anxiousness. I'm keeping busy around the house and doing some things to get ready for the surgery. My daughter is coming from Kansas and I'm also getting things ready for her quick visit. I keep my mind on her arrival instead of The Day of the Unknown.

I've talked with several ladies who have gone through this before me and it sounds like it's not as bad as I am anticipating. Why do we do that to ourselves? Why do fear the unknown? I don't think the unknown has ever been as bad as I anticipated. So, I concentrate on what my friends have told me and keep that in front of me when I start to get anxious.

I need to remember to continue my dependence on the Lord during this adventure. That way, my perspective will be clear and focused on where I should be looking instead of looking at myself and ending up depressed. Focusing on ourselves never leads to happiness or contentment.

I've had a great week. I had a girls night out, which was totally fun. We all had a great time together and hated to part company. It really was good medicine for all of us.

I've had a few little gifts of love, some jokes, cartoons, funny posts. I've appreciated each and every one of them. I've had people that I don't know contact me just to let me know they are thinking of me and are keeping me in prayer. Cherished friends and family from far away are sending me messages of love and encouragement.

My exercise class prayed over me the other day and that was such a blessing. Those ladies are such a huge encouragement. I am blessed to be part of that group. We always have such great music that offer fortitude, inspiration and reassurance. (Click that "music" link to listen to one of my favorites.) If you haven't tried Body & Soul, I encourage you to do so, if you have a class in your area.

Ladies I haven't seen over the summer months have sent emails of encouragement and prayers.

You all have been a huge help and it is more blessed than I can express to know that I have such a great community of loving friends and family. Each one of you are dear to my heart. Thank you for the love, encouragement and prayer support. Here's a little friend video from me to you as a show of appreciation.

I look forward to tomorrow afternoon when my surgery is over, my daughter is here and I am home. It's Labor Day weekend and I hope to have a cook out with my family. What are your plans for Labor Day?

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me...For when I am weak, then I am strong." I Corinthians 12:9 & 10