There are times you really think life can't get any crazier. And just as you say that it does. I was looking at the schedule of my 3 high schoolers (yes, 3 of them UGH!) and everything they had going on. Starting a new job working nights again full-time with loads of education I needed to have. I thought for sure there was NO-WAY it could get any busier.
Yeah I was wrong. Mom decided to move to Arizona for awhile to be with my little brother and his family as they were expecting their 3rd baby this fall.
This made me feel like I was thrown from a ladder. Trying to figure out what I was going to do to deal with schedules no other driver to help get them to their places now I was working nights again and no one to be there with them either. Yes, my oldest is almost 18 but really didn't want to place that pressure on him or the others.
When it rains it pours there seemed to be one fire after another to put out. So I was having a pretty good pitty party for myself if I do say so myself. I am sure my kids would be jumping up and down on this one. I went to work one night really feeling stressed about. As the night progressed I received a patient on the floor. She was close to my age and had been with us on the floor before. I had never had her as a patient and really hadn't had a chance to talk to her before. Tonight was different. She literally had just left the hospital and had to come back.
I was in charge that night so I only had her as a patient. This gave us time to talk quite a bit. As I helped her get ready to get in the bed I realized she was LDS. She and I began to talk about church and just every day questions about the ward etc. Over the next week she and I had many conversations about life her kids, my kids, how difficult it was for her dealing with the cancer. One night was pretty bad for her. As we watched over her one of the nurses started asking questions about the church. This sweet young lady who was fighting the fight of her life still felt so strongly about Heavenly Father and his plan she shared it with all the staff. The support she had from church and her faith touch all of us. It really started people asking about how things worked.
The last night I worked last week her friend had stayed the night with her massaging her legs etc. Such a dear sweet friend helping her all night long. The music playing in the room was church music which just brought a calm to anyone who walked in.
I spoke to her friend that night about the sorrow she was already feeling even though her friend was not gone yet. How do you not look at a dear friend who you know is dying and not start to grieve? I watch this act of service her friend was giving yet her friend talked about how it really was the other way around. She was so thankful that she was called to come be her with her friend in her time of need.
How many of us serve and thank the person we are serving for letting us serve? I know I don't.
As all of these things were happening it gave me a chance to think about my trials and how thankful I should be that I am still here with my kids. That I have been able to see them hit their teenage years. Even with all the chaos and struggle we may have right now. My struggle was nothing compared to hers.
Tonight I came in to see her husband signing hospice papers for her. When I got a chance I stuck my head into see this amazing sister. She introduced me to her husband as someone who was heaven sent. She talked about being scared but just wanting to go home to her babies. We shared a few moments together and her husband mentioned she had gone a mission to Spain. I should have known with all the teaching she still was doing. He asked if I had gone on one. She told him my mission was my kids and this job.
If she only knew. Heavenly Father places people in our paths to learn from. I don't know if I will ever forget this sweet sister who as she was dealing with this terrible thing called Cancer. She stopped to preach his gospel. What an amazing legacy to leave behind for your children. What an amazing thing for you to stand before the Lord and know that to the very end you shared your testimony even through the pain and tears.
I feel so honored to have met this sweet sister. I know she has changed me for sure along with everyone else here.
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