Nancy Asbell: Chronic Illness
Showing posts with label rehab centers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rehab centers. Show all posts
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Nancy Asbell: Chronic Illness
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thursdays Grace Notes
Thursday's Grace Notes
After 2 and 1/2 months in the hospital I am finally HOME!, my garden... a profusion of butterflies, hummingbirds, skinks, birds, blooms and flowers, the loving kindness of Steve and Jennifer taking care of me, my own peaceful bed and garden view, sitting here in my music studio with my computer, home health coming to my house, having my old Panda Puppy back and staying strong in Jesus.
Celebrate the day!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Friday's Grace Notes
Friday's Grace Notes
I get to leave the hospital tomorrow after over two months!, Heavy thunderstorms, Steve and Jennifer getting my house ready for me, split pea soup, looking forward to painting BIG and playing my piano, my new wheelchair friendly herb garden from my son Steve and cooking with it, and the sound of silence in my own peaceful home.
Celebrate the day!
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday's Grace Notes
Thursday's Grace Notes
A dear friend meeting me for lunch in the rehab center and bringing me a Greek salad from my fave Panera's,wearing my wigs again, nurses and aids living their passion and caring so well for others, itty bitty baby lizards, looking forward to being "normal" and going to Publix and giving my art to fellow "inmates" residents to bring them a little bit of joy.
Celebrate the day!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Tuesday's Grace Notes
Tuesday's Grace Notes
Being your own best advocate, somebody placing a hot cup of coffee by my bed this morning to wake up to, somebody else (the rehab center) doing my laundry, doing physical therapy even if I don't feel like it and my nurse taking my plant home to her house to try to save it... we can call it Lazarus.
Celebrate the day!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Monday's Grace Notes
Monday's Grace Notes
Painting roosters, the new show "For Rent" on HGTV... realistic for today's economy, choosing raw baby carrots over peanut M & M's, lots of ice and lots of sugar free soda, the new page "You Know You're From Gainesville Florida If....." So much fun!!, saving things to paint to my desktop and accepting my new "friends" diabetes, a blood clot, damaged kidneys and active vasculitis... time to put my "big girl underwear on!"
Celebrate the day! I'm glad to still be here!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Saturday's Grace Notes
Saturday's Grace Notes
Using the mouse to change the channel on the T.V., taking a nap, tortilla soup, listening to the voice of reason, new magazines to read, having pictures to paint and Sunday morning.
Celebrate the day!
www.asbellarts.com
Friday, August 5, 2011
Friday's Grace Notes
Using my walker to get from my hospital room down to rehab... way to go!, Doing a search for "Jacksonville art teachers" and showing up on the first page, microwave popcorn, air conditioning... amen?, a glimmer of hope opening to horizons of possibilities and nail polish.
Celebrate the day!
www.asbellarts.com
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Thursday's Grace Notes
Thursday's Grace Notes
Using my rollator walker more, new art/guitar/piano students (yippee!), playing the piano for an hour, learning German music for "Germany Week" here at the rehab center, Steve bringing me microwave popcorn and baby raw carrots, paying my bills online, painting ten 5x7 watercolor notecards last night and HGTV.
Celebrate the day!
www.asbellarts.com
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Wednesday's Grace Notes
Wednesday's Grace Notes
Clean laundry, surfing the Internet, singing "Killing Me Softly", wearing make up, being strong enough to get in and out of cars, having a future to look forward to, the color yellow and being comfortable in my own skin.
Celebrate the day!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Tuesday's Grace Notes
Tuesday's Grace Notes
Not being defined by my profession, not needing to blow my own horn, a chocolate milk shake, playing piano, getting my website back, taking off my wig, soaking in the beauty all around me and new magazines to read.
Celebrate the day!
asbellarts.com
Monday, August 1, 2011
Monday's Grace Notes
Monday's Grace Notes
Being told that I should be a comedian... now THAT'S funny! Not over thinking things, using "Mrs Dash" to doctor up hospital food, Bible study, waking up... literally, Cheetos and the color Paynes Gray.
Celebrate the day!
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Sunday's Grace Notes
Sunday's Grace Notes
Letting people talk about themselves... it makes their day, learning how to listen, little finches, really good scalloped potatoes, day dreaming about "my dream art studio... wanna come along?, buying ten items from the snack machine so that I have change to buy the Sunday newspaper... a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
Celebrate the day!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Friday's Grace Notes
Friday's Grace Notes
Cheering up fellow rehab patients, Food Channels show "Chopped", Bravo's show "Rocco's Dinner Party", quiet time, "getting the ball rolling", having a home to go home to and lizard and hummingbirds outside my small hospital window... little blessings.
Celebrate the day!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday's Grace Notes
Monday's Grace Notes
Maneuvering the halls of the rehab center in a sea of wheelchairs, meeting my rehab goals and then some, summer showers, playing the guitar for patients and their families, doodling note cards and getting back to work.
Celebrate the day!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Sunday's Grace Notes
Sunday's Grace Notes
Diet soft drinks, reading the Sunday sale circulars, making new friends, getting "back in the loop", enjoying the blessing of Sunday no matter where I am and looking forward to cooking for others when I leave the rehab center.
Celebrate the day!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Angels Unaware
Lessons from a Rehab Center
A couple of years ago I sang in Jacksonville up to five x's a week. I especially got a high from singing in nursing homes. Suddenly I found myself recovering in a rehab center from losing the use of my legs and surgery. I met Jake and, well I fell in love. Jake was 80 years old and only had a short time to live. I was blessed to share his 80th birthday but like the little drummer boy, what did I have to give? "What's your favorite song Jake? Leaving On A Jet Plane it is." So I held his large once strong hand and sang him a "love song" in a room full of therapists, patients, nurses and doctors, strapped in my wheelchair. He cried. I cried. Then, well, everybody cried. You see God can always use us even in the most unlikely places
Celebrate the day!
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