Hi there
Just a quick update. It’s been a while since I blogged! The days just seem to run away with me! Many many thanks for all the kind messages, cards, and gifts that Dave and I received last week. So thoughtful and generous!
Dave is definitely making great progress, which is very heartening. I see the pain levels subsiding in his eyes as the days go on, and I see it in his movement too. So things are certainly moving in the right direction. It’s amazing how we adapt, isn’t it? He has the right mental approach to all of this post-op rehab too – which is the secret. He is just grateful to be living in the solution – albeit gradual. One day at a time, and one step at a time.
I remember when mum had her mastectomy, and we thought it was the end of the world. Fifteen years on, and two hip replacements later, she is actually pretty amazing. Still as sharp as a pin mentally, lives in her own home, no carers – apart from brother Steve, who takes her to the doctors and shopping. Does all her own cleaning and cooking, washing and ironing. 88 this year. Long may it continue. I shall be over to spend a day with her next week, as soon as I know Dave is fine alone all day. Which is imminent.
And so we march on, eh? I also know how many of our Clarity friends struggle with health issues – physical and mental. There is a lot of pain, anguish and anxiety all around. I really do get it. And I hope we help a bit. I do think that we have a unique community, don’t we? And just because I’m not posting and blogging daily, that doesn’t mean I don’t think about you and send love across the waves.
That’s it, isn’t it? We have a lot in common – a lot more than you think – and when there is a family issue, we circle the wagons. I like that.
I did disappear into the garage the other day, for a therapy session! AKA pottttttery. 
Then I sat in the living room with Dave, and burnished them all with a spoon…
Pinch pots, drying nicely. Not ready to go in the kiln yet though. But that’s the trick. Patience. They need to be bone dry. If they go in too soon, they will crack. And so we wait.
Have a great day. Enjoy your day. I am going to try and have the best day I can today! And then I will have another run at it tomorrow!
Love always
Barb x x x