How does the horror flick end?

Yesterday, was Halloween, and as I get older, I like the marking of All Hallows Eve less and less. In fact, 3 years ago I was given the scare of my life...literally.

If you are the 1 or 2 people following my "journey o' blog", you will remember that on 10/31/2008 our family was hit with our own personal tsunami(2008 wasn't the best year for a lot of us, you must agree). My youngest daughter was in the OR for a critical leg surgery. We were impatiently waiting outside for the results. Bone cancer was a possible outcome. Bone infection was the other option. As you would guess, neither was a trick nor a treat at the time!

We marked the occasion last night over pizza and soda and all things considered, we are all healing physically and emotionally. It will take some of us longer to get closure. However, one could make the case of not completely shutting that door, lest we forget the experience and lessons learned. Obviously, there was some second guessing on my part regarding all of those past healthcare decisions impacting my family. I suppose that was to be expected. All of the "woulda,shoulda,couldas" came gushing out.

But here is the thing. Here, indeed, is your prescription that hopefully keeps you from being too worried or whining too much or second guessing yourself, or thinking "I am just too exhausted to continue!" amidst my personal health care crisis. And by the way, I have been a active participant in all of the previously mentioned counter-productive behaviors.

This life saving "medicine" is the assurance that you will get through the crisis (despite screwing things up more times than you can count). Without any additional pharamaceutical help, your present situation will be soon a past situation. Embrace the change. Think of it as being trapped into watching a bad horror flick (painful as it is). You desperately want to see how this ghoulish story ends. However, as luck would have it, the DVD goes belly up, dashing any chances to catch the story's conclusion. It may be a while before you are able to purchase a new, fancy BlueRay/DVD player and re-rent the movie. The waiting game is on.

Like this goofy analogy, we have little control over outcomes, especially when we desire them the most. However, rest assured, they will find us, regardless of its nature. And that is a good thing, in its own twisted way. We now know! I dare say, life would be both monotonous and unfilling if things were any different. There is great value in historical perspective in this portion of life's journey. We get to make the judgement call on whether the tincture of time is powerful medicine for healing of our souls. And please remember...Take as directed
blake