Three …

Three weeks from today I'll be prepping for the hip surgery. I have a few thoughts this week between holidays …

• I'm grateful that what's wrong with me can be fixed. 
• I'm grateful for a financial cushion which makes the expenses for this procedure possible.
• I'm grateful for the Affordable Care Act. Although insurance companies are still making a profit from human illness (which I think is wrong), my expenses for this procedure are not out of reach.
• I'm grateful for the ability – still – to clean my house, cook food, do laundry. All of these things take more time than they used to, so …
• I'm grateful for patience and willingness to work with what I have, instead of feeling frustrated about my loss of mobility.

I also have a few wishes:

• I wish everyone who is in pain would find relief.
• I wish everyone facing surgery has a successful outcome.
• I wish everyone who has a much more serious illness or condition will find comfort and peace.

I'm so lucky. Generally I dismiss people who say "it could be worse," because each person's situation is unique to them.

But … it could be worse.

Looking ahead to next weekend, my friend Vickie and I have come up with a Leap Year Photo Challenge. She did all the prompts and created the website. I did the graphics. We're a team!

If you found a camera under the Christmas tree, or if your new phone's camera is still a mystery, we invite you to join the fun!

And with that … I'm having a new kitchen faucet and garbage disposal installed today. Whatever I need to do that requires water needs to be done prior to the start of the project. So I'd better get moving!

Slowly …