Most nights I lie awake in bed struggling to go to sleep- did you all know that about me? I seem to have a difficult time getting my brained turned off and allowing myself to let go of all the craziness of the day and/or the craziness of tomorrow. I thought I might give this whole blogging thing a shot as I always love looking back years later over things I have written that take me back to those challenging times in life that make you thankful you are past them and those great moments in life that make you thankful you took the time to write them down so you can enjoy them all over again.
Speaking of great moments, today one of our precious members at the Y came to me complaining that she felt faint. After a few minutes under my supervision, she had a seizure and passed out. I won't lie to you. As much training as I have had and as many moments like this that I have experienced, it is always just as scary as the last one. You're probably wondering why I would reference this as a great moment. Well it was actually the moments later that I would modestly describe as great. Another staff person who stayed the whole time with the member while I was calling 911, right there at the front desk, wrapped her arms around the member, closed her eyes, and began to pray the sweetest, most sincere conversation with the Lord that I might ever heard. How bold and courageous and oh, how appropriate. The member's 3-year-old son was in our child care and stayed with us while mommy went to the hospital by ambulance and while daddy was on his way from work in Ft. Worth to pick him up and head to the hospital. The sweet staff took it upon themselves to send one of their staff to Chick-fil-A to get the 3-year-old a kids meal simply because they aniticpated that it might be a long day at the hospital and because they care. We have a board at work called "Did Someone Make You Smile Today?" where any one can stop, take a moment, and write down how someone else made them smile today. I spent some time at that board today because those child care staff made me smile. When the member's husband came to pick up their son, he rushed in grabbed the Chick-fil-A kid's meal in one arm, his son in the other, thanked all of us for taking care of his wife and literally ran out the door. This professional, in-control man in a 3-piece suit, couldn't hide his feelings for his precious wife. His actions and the look on his face spoke volumes about the love of this beautiful woman. What a great moment. How I pray that everyone has at least one person in their life that will run to their side in a time of crisis, literally.
I talked later in the afternoon with another member who has thrilled to share with me that after going through all the trainings and practicing for countless hours, she is ready to start her new career as a group exercise instructor.....did I mention that she is 65!! Another great moment. How I pray that I will have that kind of energy and enthusiasm about life when I'm 65.
My final great moment for the day happened when I got home tonight- another late night of course rolling in about 9:00PM. My new husband is folding laundry and I say to him (always trying to reinforce good behavior!), "Honey, I love it when you do laundry." And he says back to me, "I do laundry because I love you." Wow. Great moment.
As I type this, my eyes are starting to feel heavy. My plan is working already. I'm guessing the only people who might enjoy these writings will be my sisters and Allie. I'm sure my mom would too but for her I would have to print them out and Pony Express them to her house. She's a little behind the times but I don't usually mind. Although lately her repetitive requests for the "negatives" from my wedding pictures is a little tiresome since I have explained the concept of pictures on a CD to her countless times and in every way I know how. When we were looking at cakes before the wedding she did call and tell that she was on the internet at work and she wanted me to also get on the internet and pull up the picture of the big white cake with red roses on it. Guess she didn't realize that there are probably and gazillion of those.
Well it's 12:40AM and the hours are counting down before I have to wake up and do it all over again. How I hope tomorrow holds more great moments for me to share.
