I Am Blessed!

I know you’re tired,

I know you’re worn, I know you’re torn.

You’re losing all your hope

Cause you’re a long way from home.

Oh, I know you’re worried,

I know you’re scared.

I’d like to put my arms around you,

And tell you that I care.

Hope is in Heaven, not far away,

Just close your eyes, He hears what you say.

Feel Him around you, He’s everywhere,

Reachin’ to touch you, know that He is there.

Deep in the heart of a war,

He hears a Soldier’s Prayer.

A Soldier’s Prayer

By: Collin Raye

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I can’t believe I stumbled upon this song today.  It is literally, almost exactly, the same words that I say when I pray for Joey and the troops at night. 

“Dear Lord, please let him feel my arms around him.  Let him know that he is loved.  Wrap your arms around him and keep him safe from harm.  Be with him and his men everywhere that they may go.”

I made the joke the other day that God is going to start sending me to voicemail, as I pray the same thing every night – I pray for Joey’s safety during deployment and that he will come home to me.  I was reassured that God doesn’t have voicemail, and then we talked about Bruce Almighty, and that I would get sent to the email inbox!  Haha …

I talked to Joey this morning, which is always a sigh of relief after going so many days without.  He always tells me that he is fine, but he is so tired.  I can’t imagine.  I made a joke saying “Tell the Army it’s Saturday!”, to which he replied “The Army doesn’t have Saturdays over here dear” … So here’s to hoping he has plenty of “ranger dips” and Red Bull.

In Kari news … I don’t have very much!  My BFF came home after being away for 3 months of training.  She has at least taken away some of the boredom of being a cripple in the summer.  She took me to get a pedicure (which I so badly and desperately needed) on Tuesday, we watched Insidious (prepare to scream), for margaritas at Chili’s and Miguel’s, and to see the final Harry Potter.  Ashley, thank you.  You will honestly never know how much I appreciate you removing me from my bed of doom and boredom.  I mean, there is only so much excitement when all you have is the bed or the couch.  Sitting and lying down are only great for so long.

I had therapy on Friday.  It’s weird, I seem to be making so much progress in some aspects of recovery, and yet, I can’t straighten my leg.  My therapist thinks it is because of the terminator brace that they make me wear, as it keeps my knee at a slight bend all of the time.  And since it is ridiculously uncomfortable and slightly heavy, I decided not to wear it all weekend.  Watch me trip and hurt myself … haha … that would be my luck.  After therapy on Friday, I went to WalMart to get the materials to make jar cakes!  I’ve never made them before but I am super excited.  Embarrassingly enough, while I was scooting through the WalMart, the battery died and mom just about had to push me back to the front of the store.  WalMart always seems to be an adventure, and seriously, it could only happen to me!

And sadly, that’s my life.  I have been reading, learning how to cook everything on the Food Network, journaling, sleeping … it is a very boring life when you can’t walk and are very dependent.  BUT – on the bright side – as bored as I am and as much as I hate this (I am in my 7^th month of recovery), this trial is only temporary and it will get better.  I think of those people that have it worse than I do, and remain thankful for all of the blessings that I do have.  My husband may be fighting a war in Afghanistan, and I still might be jobless, but I have a husband who loves me, a family that loves and takes care of me in my crippled state, to pug-butts that give me kisses when I am sad, a roof over my head, food to eat, and only 19 more days until I can start walking again.  I am so BLESSED!!!