Greetings My Friend,
It is amazing how a reduction in a medication can help me be awake and able to deal with my day better, exercise is also helping me be more active. As a woman and a caretaker it has been difficult to learn to make life about "me," although in doing so I am capable of reaching out to others more easily because I have the energy to do so. As my strength comes back to a certain extent I also know I will need to continue to be about what I need to do in order to be more effective in helping others. Staying on top of my Parkinson's has to be my priority, after Jesus and Junior. In doing so my tremors are less frequent, I have energy to be more like I wanted to be at this stage of my life. I feel so much more able to handle things that Junior and I are planning on taking a trip to Michigan. I have felt that I was not totally ready to quit taking trips, I don't care to travel far and wide anymore although weekend trips, trips back to Michigan to see family and friends would be nice. I can not take credit for the upswing in my health, it has been God's guidance showing me how to eat better, to take one step after another until I am where I am today. The walk around our yard several nights during the week has loosened up the wheels on my walker so that Junior needed to tighten them for me. For me that is a wonderful indication of what the walk around on our property is doing for me. I do not know how long this physical and bodily improvement will last but I am going to keep at it as long as I am able. My heart question now is how does God want to use me? I have a heart to be more of a praying woman, praying for healing in our nation, the world, to be able to offer the hope I have which is Jesus and to tell others what He has done for me in my life. I am also getting things in order within our home, working to pull the kitchen together at present as it gets closer to being finished. By doing this I need to use my brain so I am able to organize the kitchen in a way that is useful to Junior and I as we cook. I love organizing and I have organized the kitchen with each phase of renovation. I have been adding more chores around the house as I have gained the energy and strength to do so. Seven years ago when we bought this house and later moved in I could barely do much of anything. The progress has been long and hard won but it is now here and hopefully I will maintain or even gain some more energy. God is good and I am grateful. May God bless you and keep you, make His face shine on you. Love Janet
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