Random Thoughts from Today

"What if you woke up today with only the things that you thanked God for yesterday?" - Author Unknown
On facebook, I am on the SugarDoodle fan page. Tonight they posted as their status the above quote- such power in that thought! I love it! I think it would be great if someone made a movie based on the concept involved in that thought. But even if there is no movie, I will try to be better at remembering the importance of having true gratitude in my heart.

DADDY! DADDY!
Another random thought today came courtesy of a patient at the nursing home. She is a sweet lady who has a loving family , this lady also has some dementia. This lady has a broken her arm, and I was working with her as we began a new step in her healing process, for her arm is finally out of a cumbersome cast that she has had to endure for a few weeks, and we can begin trying to move it gently.

Despite this lady having had her pain medication, and even though I tried to be as gentle as possible in moving the joints of her arm, she cried out "Daddy! Daddy!" [I knew she was saying, Daddy, Daddy- come rescue me from this OT! She was unable to tolerate one particular joint movement, hopefully next week will be better for her. ] She called and cried out for her Daddy several times! It made me feel sad in that this lady's father has obviously passed away. I told her your Dad and Mom love you but they can't be here right now. I also told her that her Heavenly Father loved her.

This lady has a long road ahead of her as she continues to recover, luckily she has good loving support from her family.

This past Wednesday at Institute, we had a really good lesson about the importance of prayer. The way this lady called out for her Daddy also made me think of prayer and how we all can alway use prayer to turn to our Father in Heaven, to Whom we can call and cry out when we go through our times of despair, pain and distress in life.

Enough thinking! Time for me to get busy making chocolate chip cookies for an event tomorrow!