We've all had them, sometimes we cry, sometimes; we even laugh, but usually we all react differently to our "week from hell". I have just gone through one of those weeks, and yes I am menopausal, emotional, but I am also only human.
I heard "Cindy I need your help" It was 2am on Tuesday morning, I jumped out of bed to see my husband on the floor in the hallway."I am feeling faint, I think I am going to pass out." he said, so I ran into the kitchen and pulled out a little apple juice container and gave it to him.
Callie and Timmie our Felines, were watching Dad too. They knew that Dad and Mom usually do not lay in the middle of the hallway in the middle of the night.
That was the beginning of my 7 day adventure.
My week ended by being hit in the face by the lid of my company's shredder bin.
In between, I had called 911 for my husband who was passing out and talking gibberish, which ended up with us spending a very long 12 hours in the Emergency room. I left work early one day because he called and said he was experiencing angina.
I had picked up twice after our poor old dog who forgets she needs to go outside to go to the bathroom, and I caught my jacket sleeve in a door handle and left my shoulder there for about 10 seconds longer than necessary. Had a fight with my boss, and cried one evening to my husband and said “I don't understand why I am so stressed I am doing everything right, I am eating right, going on the treadmill, getting 8 hours of sleep. ”
Big things and small things, but all add up after a while.
When I was looking at my face in the bathroom after the bin lid decided to try and make my small face even smaller than it already is, my boss came in and asked if I was OK, I grabbed him and cried in his arms like a little baby. And blurted out “why can't anything go right?
I was done, so done.
I remember a few years back my friend said to me “if you would you quit asking God for strength maybe things would go smoother.” and then we both broke out in laughter.
Did I forget to lean on God, did I forget that He is in control. I really do not know those answers but sometimes during the storm we are so busy just trying to get out of it alive.
It is always after the storm we sit back and go “oh my”
Were there lessons to be learned you bet there was, did I learn them all I don't know that. But I do know I do not want another week like that for a very long time.
I do know God was there, and maybe he had his hands on his hips shaking his head back and forth and saying “Cindy, Cindy, Cindy.”
John 14:27 NLV “I am leaving you with a gift-peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn't like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid”
