My beloved sponsee just returned from a trip to many far away places. She brought me the above triptych from Westminster Abbey. What a thoughtful gift. And in light of the way I am feeling today, it is deeply reassuring that she actually knows who I am - and cares enough to think about that. I have been having rare PTSD today. It was so bad that I made up an excuse to cut an eye exam short - because I couldn't stand to be alone in the room with the eye doctor. Old, old feelings of panic and fear.
I know that this will pass.
I know that God is in His heaven and that He loves me. I know that I have friends who care deeply about me. They care enough to actually learn who I am.
And I know who they are too. We take the time to listen to each other. We watch each other. We care about each other.
6 comments:
Lucky aren't we?
I am glad to be shoulder to shoulder with you.
I wish you had called me when you were in the exam room. I could have told you a joke that might have made you want to stay right where you were.
Maybe not.
Oh what a great sponsee! And those are lovely by the way.
Ya know, I get the PTSD symptoms sometimes at the most "odd" moments. We probably do the same thing too - pray pray pray.
You can tell who really knows you by the gifts they bring back from a trip. I'm amazed by the inappropriate gifts I get from my mother-in-law. She has no idea who I really am.
BTW, that is a beautiful gift!
I think that I had some PTSD yesterday but got my head back on straight at the meeting last night. That is a lovely gift from your sponsee.
What a lovely gift - you are truly blessed.
I can relate to the whole fear thing (I've never been diagnosed so I won't say PTSD) - not fun, not at all easy.
I wish peace and happiness to you sufficient unto your day...
Blessings and aloha...
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