if i had to live with chronic pain i would be a tired, sad, mean little woman . . .
and i would owe my children about a thousand apologies and hugs . . .

this was my entry to habit today . . . the ladder in the foreground?  i fell off it on saturday night.  i wasn't up too high, but high enough to land pretty hard and jarr my back and neck and right leg.  it's been annoyingly sore the last two days.  which i realized was making my patience very thin. 

miss maddie has been very emotional for the past few weeks . . . not sure what exactly is going on . . . but my shortness and her very thin reserves weren't a very good combination this morning.

we had to change gears and change them rather quickly.  thank goodness i realized it in time to salvage the day.  we washed her hair in the warm shower, and sat on the couch together to read a good story.  then her gramps came to pick her up for her piano lesson.  while she was gone, isaac and i did some very low-key copy work.

when the lesson was done, dad, maddie, isaac and i headed to the woods where dad cut a dead tree and bucked it up and i made myself load wood into the trailer.  the fresh air and movement felt really good.  plus, i like hanging out with my dad and it got the kids and i out of the house.

we'll get down to business on school-work in the morning and maybe sort of make up for today.  i'm going to start the day with a better attitude tomorrow . . . i'll help myself out by taking ibuprophen before bed and some right when i wake up in the morning.

so.  all this to say, i have a great burden on my heart today for those who live with chronic pain.  and i'm so very grateful that i don't.  so very grateful for my health.  and grateful for my dad and the woods.

have a lovely evening, friends.

love, ~e