Apr 28 2008
Still Kicking
If I may be so bold as to borrow a phrase from Mark Twain, “Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!” Yes, I am alive still. Even a bit more alive than when I last wrote.
As seems to be my pattern, I blog fairly regularly for a time and then I disappear for a time. I am consistent if not reliable anyway I suppose. In keeping with my rhythm – I hereby declare that I am once again back from my short hiatus.
My time away took me half way across the world and back, and from the depths of struggle with my illness to a renewed sense of hope that there may be renewed health in my future. Still many long and hard miles to go on my healing journey before I reach what I would call wellness, but the first crucial steps have been taken. I will catch you up on the details as time passes, but for now just know that I now have hope that had been missing from my coping. Hope that someday I might not need to cope with quite so much. What a joy that would be!
For now I must attend to preparing dinner for my family. This alone is a delight given that a few months ago I could barely get myself a bowl of cereal. Some days it is all I can do to gather the energy to cook dinner and I am exhausted and in pain when I am done, but simply to be able to get up and do it, no matter how hard is such a gift. So off I go to make some yummy Sweet Potato Lemongrass soup and Lime Coriander Chicken. Its not as fancy as it sounds but it is every bit as delicious!
