Pectus Excavatum Blog

Things are still going well!!!    No complaints here.   I am getting stronger and am not in any pain.  My pectus excavatum is still corrected and my incisions look good.  I don’t want to become too redundant, but I wrote that I wasn’t doing well physically for sooo long, that it’s nice to report that things are good.

Work is going well and crazy busy!  This time of year always is.  I have more art shows to hang and a lot of kids’ art to hang around the school.  But things are good.   I’m glad to not be in pain and able to do my job.

We still love our new rental house.  It’s been so exciting to have more space.  We’ve been working hard at getting unpacked and organized.  It was tough moving in the middle of the school year, but we’ve been so excited about it, so it’s made it worth it.  I’ve been getting into gardening a little.  My tulips and pansies are still alive– that’s a huge feat!  They don’t look perfect, but they’re ok.  We get sooo much wind across the front of our house that blows them soooo hard.  I’m surprised the wind hasn’t ripped them right out of the pots!  But they’re still alive, so that’s cool.  I’m going to be planting a vegetable garden in the backyard in a raised box.  I’m sooo excited!  We’ll see how that turns out!

The Lord has still been teaching me, but it seems to be at a slower pace than when I was in pain.  I don’t know if I just listened better then or maybe he just had more to teach me during that time.  It’s hard to put into words even what I’ve been learning lately.  I’ve been journaling about my journey through these surgeries and seeing again all the Lord pieced together through that.  I’ve also been thinking about how much we get consumed with our “life” and “things” and wondering how to totally get away from that.  Is it possible in our culture to not be consumed by “doing” or “getting”?  While I was in pain and couldn’t “do”, I began to appreciate all the little things I could do and spent more time doing things that are worth while.  Now that I’m better I have to constantly remind myself to slow down and focus on the Lord and I can quickly become consumed to where a week slips by in a flash.

Some friends of mine and I have been talking about other cultures and how they have so little.  It’s almost like “things” can often become a hinderance to real living.  I know this because I experienced some very “rich” times with the Lord and with people and by myself while I was in pain and I even miss that now that I’m fully recovered.  Isn’t that ironic?  It’s almost like it’s harder for me to find the time for those rich times because there is so much going on.

Why do we have so much in America and then think we need something more?  It’s almost like the more we get, the more we need to get.   And the more we do, the more we want to do.  But on the other hand, we shouldn’t be ungrateful for all the blessings the Lord has given us.  Where is the balance,  I wonder?  I’m sure the Lord will show me more with time.

Well, that’s what’s going on with me and what I’ve been pondering.    I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts on these questions if you would like to share.  Have any of you wondered the same questions and heard any answers?  Hope all of you are doing well!