Learning to Laugh

It's been almost 5 days since Dad's been home and he seems to be doing well. His demeanor is much better and he seems to be gaining strength. Home health has been coming out and will continue a couple days a week to check vitals and to help him continue to gain strength. Until he's strong enough, no prostate surgery will take place.

I'm starting to gain some hope and even more perspective as this goes on. My last post was emotional and morbid, but also raw, real, and vulnerable. I'm reminded through this ordeal that God is still in control even when I am emotional and my head is cramping from crying.

Even more so, I look at the title to my blog "Learning to Laugh" and think of what that means. The verse that comes from is Proverbs 31:25 "She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future."

I feel like God, in the moments of my suffering, is showing me over and over again how to laugh at the future. How to be okay with what's going to happen because I know that God is in control. And that's not to say I'm ever going to be okay with my family being sick, but to know and have peace that they are in God's hands.

So I guess I'm allowing the small rays of hope to come back in right now, but still being very wary and cautious of his recovery.

Thanks so much for your prayers and keep them coming! Lets all learn to laugh and be at peace with God's plans for our lives and for those we love, even when we have heartache.

All my love,
Maggie Mae