Resting

This season is good. I have spent lots of time laying in the hammock, soaking up the sun, listening to my children's laughter. I am reading good books, watching the clouds drift by, waiting for the lightning bugs to burst on the scene in the cool of the evening. Ah, the long, lazy days of summer.

I am resting and recovering from the last 12 months: 6 hospitalizations, 4 out patient surgeries, 5 weeks of pulmonary rehab. It has been an extremely challenging year; Too much sickness, back to back with no recovery time, too much stress, too, too much.

There were times I did not think I would survive (literally). It feels good to be alive.