Merry Christmas!!!!!

It is a Beautiful day!  The temperature outside is not cold at the moment and the sun is shining.
I haven't written a blog post in a really long time. 
Things have been busy and when things get busy, I get too tired to do the things I really enjoy.
Today is Wednesday December 21.  We have a few days til all the Christmas festivities.
I love Christmas.  I love that, just for one month, people all over the world celebrate love, family, friendships, and the beauty of this Gift that is THE most precious Gift of all time. 
Those who don't believe in God, get to feel that joy and spark of love that I am blessed to feel every day of my life.  The world seems to grow in Love for one moment a year.
I love that we get to give gifts, no matter how outstanding or small, just as God gave His BELOVED Son.  And then that Son gave the ultimate gift. 
Some people hate how commercialized Christmas has become, but I don't care.  People will do what they will do.  I think anything anyone wants to do to make Christmas special and memorable is AWESOME.  The world is decorated to celebrate God and His one and only child.

For thanksgiving my second son came to visit and then went back to his base.
I so enjoyed his visit!
This will be the first Christmas without one of my children.
We spent most of yesterday setting up skype so we could have him hang out with us that way.
I'm praying everything works out.

My health is looking a bit better.  I am no longer testing ana positive.  That is huge.
My Graves disease antibody is now a Hoshimoto antibody.  Not sure how I feel about that one.
I still test positive for AS, but my symptoms so far are not what she normally sees in someone who has it, so that's great.  I have an eye test coming up next month that is supposed to give me more info.
I started taking large doses of vitamin C and then something called Ashwagandha, and that seems to have REALLY helped.  And then she gave me something for sleep.  It's huge how much difference sleep can makes.  We think that sleep might be a huge part of my problem because the body has to hit that stage 4 sleep cycle to heal.  So that is our focus at the moment, along with anti inflammatory stuff I don't like to take.  But I have a fantastic doctor, so I'm happy to be going in a good direction.
I still take lots of supplements and do my lymphatic massage to help with pain.  I am determined to heal. 
This Christmas I'm trying to figure out ways to simplify things so I don't get sick.  My oldest son's girlfriend is going to help me with the food on Christmas day.  That will be such a blessing.

There are so many people on my prayer lists who are not feeling well or who have lost someone.
I pray this Christmas is a blessing to them and not hard or heartbreaking. 
Hug your friends and family.  If your not a hugger.....become one.
Walk outside and see the beautiful world God has given us along with our beautiful families.
Take a deep breath.  feel the cool air in your lungs and thank Him.
There is so much good in the world and so many good people.  Sunsets and the beauty of nature is all around for us to admire but we are too busy to notice them.  Slow down and enjoy this beautiful Christmas season and celebrate The enormous Gift we were given so many years ago.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Love and Big Hugs.
Shannon

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