"CONSTANTS" IN OUR LIVES

This almost seems like a New Year's post but seriously I was sitting here thinking about this time last year. WOW!!! A lot has happened/changed since then. And maybe that is true of every year as our lives are constantly changing and evolving or at least I hope they are as we age and grow. I would hate to think that my LIFE was a constant. There are CONSTANTS in my life but I hope that my life is fluid and that I am constantly growing and changing.

A year ago this weekend, we found out that George had high blood pressure. That same weekend they over medicated him and we thought he was having a stroke. Frantic rush to the emergency room and an overnight stay in the hospital. Worry for me and TERROR for him.
NOW.......blood pressure is finally stable or perhaps I should say CONSTANT and last week we finally received a prescription for the meds instead of samples. So we are good to go.

A year ago this weekend, George came out of the closet with his smoking. Okay, he was forced out after the whole hospital ordeal. See, we knew he smoked but pretended not to so he would not smoke as much.
NOW...we know and he smokes all the time (or so it seems to me). Smoking has become another CONSTANT in my life. (pray for me about that as I hate, loathe, despise, abhor, abominate it)

A year ago this weekend, I was planning Katie's graduation party and preparing myself for her move to the dorms at ASU.
NOW...she is back home after a successful start at college and now I prepare myself for her move to LUBBOCK in August. Her being "on her own" is now a constant in our lives.

A year ago we discovered that her cheerleading injury in MARCH had left a HOLE in her shoulder muscle that had gone undetected for two months. She was scheduled for surgery which would leave her literally incapacitated for most of the summer.
NOW....she is "healed" but her body is not "as it was". Now 96% mobility is the new constant for her shoulder. And as her mom, I feel bad for the pain she had to endure and the damage that is left behind.

A year ago, I was tired of school, ready for it to be over, and counting the days to the end .
NOW.. I STILL AM!! And EVERY YEAR that remains a CONSTANT!!!!