Thursday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day a new resident was installed on the gabion baskets. He stands tall and proud and keeps watch over the stairs.
Julian read the book he’s just given me and it’s a delightful story about rabbits. This one…
So when he came across the wire rabbit for sale, he couldn’t resist buying it. Courage gave it an extra coat of rust-proof paint & once it was dry, he attached it to the gabion wire. It can always be moved if we want it somewhere else. It will remind us of Watership Down.
We swam today. It was a lovely as usual.
Home to work. In the afternoon, I did a big shop for the weekend, including some extras for David’s birthday tomorrow. David woke up this morning feeling a lot better. He took his bicycle to Kommetjie and cycled the boardwalk route and back along the road – a distance of 2km. He felt much better than when he did it last time. Cycling is easier than walking because he is sitting. He had a tail wind as well, which made it easier. Then he went for a swim at Dalebrook.
This evening he said this is the best he’s felt in a year. My terminology is changing. It’s gone from “David has LC” to “David is recovering from Long Covid.” As we know, this journey is not a straight line of recovery. It zigs and zags both up and down. There are dips and upswings, plummets and improvements. But today was the best day he’s had since his diagnosis and it showed. He came up at about 5pm and stayed until after 8pm. Before he left, we watched half of Cooling Runnings and will possibly watch the rest tomorrow. David may be tired tomorrow – we’ll see if today’s exercise leave him with additional fatigue. Before the movie, while he and Mike were chatting, I went down to David’s unit, put in some snacks and restocked his bathroom. He didn’t know until he went down a short while ago.
Tomorrow is his birthday & we both agreed it’s been the hardest year of his life. For our family, this last year has carried with it many trials. All we can do is pray and continue to trust the Lord. We take one day at a time.
Mark 10:27
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂