self-healing..

Amazing how our bodies are designed to heal...

Yesterday was to be the day we returned to the ER to get my stitch out. 

I was kind of dreading it!

(Mostly because last Saturday night we sat there for three hours!)

A little while before we were going to get up and go, I thought, what if I just snip this little stitch myself...? 

Well, long story -short: 

I didn't snip it, 

but I did untie it!

It took a few minutes, but...

it came right out!!!!!!!!!

WooHoo!!!! :) :)

My mom-in-love prayed that I wouldn't even have a scar (which I thought was the sweetest thing ever!)... and I think she might just get her wish!

Thankful this little fiasco is just about over... a little more antibiotic ointment, band-aids, and guarding this guy, and I think he'll be as good as new!!

YAY!!! :)

Thanks for stopping by...
Happy Sunday! ♥ ♥

sit-still-time...

Sitting still does not come naturally for me.

Never has really.

A few things that really help this still-challenged girl are:

• earbuds
• a good read
• a journal
• and a stay-still-expert-husband :)

The good read that's been my aid lately: 

Max Lucado's Out Live Your Life

Three word review: 

Inspiring.

Practical.

Powerful.
(mostly because it's packed with scripture!)

A favorite part (not to mention chapters 4 & 5 in their entirety)...

[God] loves all people groups and equips us to be His voice.

He commissions common Galileans, Nebraskans, Brazilians, and Koreans to speak the languages of the peoples of the world. 

He teaches us the vocabulary of distant lands, the dialect of the discouraged neighbor, the vernacular of the lonely heart, and the idiom of the young student. 

God outfits His followers to cross cultures and touch hearts. 

Pentecost makes this promise: If you are in Christ, God's spirit will speak through you." 

-p.27

If you were to take my recommendation (and Claire's & Donald Miller's) and go for this read, I would also recommend reading Acts first -or at least along with it.)

Cut...

Saturday evening I got up to fix Jeremy & I a little meal, 

but by my third slice of chicken,

I slipped & cut into my flesh...

Jeremy came to the rescue and was working on a making me a bandage while we discussed going to the emergency room.

I proceeded to get woosy, 

pass out, 

and almost lose my lunch.

We decided the ER was the place to go...

getting numb for a stitch.

Since I weeped through the bandage-removal, the doctor was nice enough to numb my finger with a liquid rather than three shots. (kinda thankful for those tears now.)

all better-ish

After one stitch, they wrapped me up with a band-aid and finally sent us home around 10:30pm.

We took the next day off from everything...

laying low Sunday morning

 

Then my parents invited us down for hamburgers, and when I told Dad about my thumb-wound, he showed me his chainsaw-wound.

Seriously.

Thankfully it just clipped his kneecap..

sheesh!

I guess I get it honest... I certainly won't be playing with any chainsaws any time soon!!

Wanna see my little stich?

Gross, I know... Thankfully I didn't damage a tendon or anything serious.

The tetanus shot was definitely the worst part.. It made me all sore and achy-all-over :( ..BUT I feel tons better today! :)

Nice update after two weeks of quiet, eh?

Hopefully the next will be sooner and happier! :)

Happy Tuesday!
Hope all is well with you!! ♥