We had a sprinkle of snow yesterday and thanks to below freezing temperatures it lingered until late morning today.
"Snow is falling all around us children playing, having fun". That ear worm of a Christmas tune has been buzzing in my head, yep even the garden centre was playing Christmas music in its outside area!
Drippity, drop this morning but golly it was very cold!
We had our last trip to Wigan this week to collect Dave's repaired Luggie and I quickly popped in to Bents craft zone for some much needed yarn for Pip's pom pom garland. I do believe that using the camera and catching some outside time even in the freezing cold will help my mental well being for sure. Pip is struggling with some pretty awful PoTs/EDS symptoms at the moment, I don't think a day goes by where she is not in pain and as a parent it is quite distressing to see. She is so good about doing all the right things: taking medication, eating a particular diet, drinking loads, exercising on the recumbent bike and trying to get out for a daily walk and still things go wrong. It really makes me feel quite sad but she is so good about her difficulties and usually says, 'At least I'm not like some poor kid really ill with cancer.' This evening I read her a story from her childhood entitled, 'Beware the Bears' followed by our beginning of Advent must have, 'Merry Christmas Strega Nona.' We also prayed the third decade of the Joyful Mysteried, The Birth of Jesus and thanked Him for coming into this world as our Saviour and Friend - He above all knows what it is like to suffer and grieve. Sometimes it is just a case of asking Him to help us bear the load of our own cross and to remind ourselves that this too shall pass.
2 comments:
Sometimes it's so hard to get out in the cold but I've always found it's worth it. Glad you did. It's always invigorating! The snow pics are just lovely, and I'm sure you felt very cozy once back inside and could warm up. It's very sad for us when we can't wave our hands and make our children's lives perfect, we want to so much! But you're the best mom and so good at taking care of her and boosting her morale. It's heartwarming to hear how good she takes care of herself as that is so important and not always easy. We send you so much love xoxo
I love your snow pictures- really exquisite! Pip is a special and pragmatic young lady.x
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