Bright Pink Warrior

 Every day I get a Bible verse sent to my email. Today was one that I consider my "life verse;" that I hold near and dear to my heart.  2 Corinthians 12:9-10 "But he said to me, 'my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.  For when I am weak, then I am strong." God knew I needed to read this again today.  I feel like since surgery I have been pretty upbeat and positive for the most part and have been actively trying to do all I need to to get better and heal properly (without overdoing it, of course....don't worry). The plan was to stay in the hospital until Friday and I'd be discharged and sent home with a plan for follow up, the proper meds, and I'd have a day or two to rest without Jane ar...

 Holy moly has it been a busy month!  We are officially all moved out of our townhouse and into our new house!  You never realize how much stuff you actually have until you move. We hired movers and they filled their truck and we still had about 6 or 7 carloads or stuff after that. Thankfully, we had some AMAZING friends and family helping through the whole thing, from painting to moving to cleaning, and even bringing over some delicious food. Two days after we got possession of the house and started the cleaning and painting process, I got the long awaited call.  I have a surgery date!!  Monday, August 17th. That gave me exactly 2 weeks to prepare. With moving and unpacking, those two weeks have FLOWN by. We are still not completely unpacked, but mostly at least...and I still have today and tomorrow to get stuff done.  Yesterday is when it REALLY started to sink in. I have my surgery in two days.  Two days and then everything changes. Although I am ex...