Restored
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates

“Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.” – Edwin Hubbel Chapin
It looks like a resort but it’s actually Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. Mom’s hip replacement that’s been up and down, left and right finally happened yesterday. When her leg turned purple on Wednesday night, we got her to the hospital where the x-ray and CT scan indicated that the hip was broken. Who knows how long she’s been walking around in sheer pain with a broken hip. A new hip “installed” yesterday. The healing, the restoration begins.
On Thursday, a nurse came in and offered a hand massage to relax her. She spent 20 minutes rubbing oil on her hands and arms in gentle conversation. Healing. While piano music plays in the background, the windows feature a beautiful view of the trees, a walking path and labyrinth. Healing.
Nature, music, art, faith, patience and kindness all promote and propel healing. And we need not wait to land in the hospital to start and foster the healing within ourselves and with others aound us. For when we heal, we move further and deeper into our potential – that which we are called to unfold and share with the world.
Here’s a prayer for healing. Before you know it will all just be a memory and your mom will be out of the pain.
Amen and thank you. It’s difficult to see suffering of family and friends. My parents are my best friends. I am blessed to have that.
Great post sweetie! I hope she heals fast and gets to feeling better soon! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Thanks and praying for a quick recovery.
Tell your mom I love her and wish her a quick recovery. I know she is surrounded by all kinds of family love!
Will do
Love and gentle hugs to mom! And you!
Thanks – needed and appreciated
Love and gentle hugs to Mom! And you too!
Thanks 😀