Greetings My Friend,
Monday I slowed down for the first time this year it seems, I got up late, took an extra long nap before I started feeling like my new normal again. After dinner I even took Daisy my 7 pound poodle out with me to go hunt for kindling in the yard. For me this is a major endeavor although I love it. Slowly I have developed a way to move about the yard using my walking stick, pulling a wagon and using one of those sticks to pick up things with that have grabbers on the end. I have not been out in more than a week because of the recent snow fall and rain we have been having so it felt good wandering around the yard just before it got dark. I managed to find a couple big pieces of tree limbs so I hauled it over to where Junior cuts up wood with my walking stick in the other hand so I could get back to the wagon I was filling up. In the wagon I had 2 cat litter buckets so I can put in kindling, I also find a few good sized pieces of wood to toss into the wagon as well. When it got too dark to see much more I took the handle of the wagon to turn it around only to dump the whole wagon load of kindling! I got back into the house. told Junior about my mishap, so sweetly he went to retrieve the wagon gather up what spilled out of it. then bring it back to where he cuts up the wood. He is so proud of me being able to come back as far as I have come back in the last few years. When I retired I was in a major state of chronic fatigue, it took a few years to sort through all the health issues I had developed so now that I am once more able to help around the house he is very happy. God has been guiding me through all the problems I have like when I learned I now have allergy induced asthma, God taught me to get rid of all the carpeting in the house, to put more air purifiers in the house since we have 7 dogs and 5 cats. My doctor also has me on a maitance inhaler, Singular to dry up my lungs along with allergy medicine so today my flare ups with bronchitis are rare. A year and a half ago I found out that I have Parkinson's disease, God has been guiding me here as well. I am grateful to have regained a measure of the energy I once had, I am thrilled when I am able to challenge myself with new endeavor's as well. Monday evening I noticed this year Junior and I are rather settled into our home in Virginia in regards to the housework chores we each attend to. Now that I know he prefers to sweep, mop and wax the floors, do laundry and enjoys helping wash dishes when he is talking on the phone with special friends I am able to chart my day and chores accordingly. I make two meals a day for the two of us, mostly wash the dishes, make the bed etc. These routines feel rather nice knowing who will do what. For the longest time I was barely able to take care of myself much less our home, thankfully I was able to enter back into my routines as Junior finished renovating a room at a time for me to build back up to what I am able to do today. I also learned to do old things in a new way due to chronic fatigue and loosing my ability to walk right because of PD. Once the PD medication took effect I am now able to walk with the aid of a walker again, a walking stick if I am not going too far. God has been with me on my journey to be healthy, to live a retirement life and as a disabled woman. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet
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