Still Inspiring Me!!!!

During our ladies Bible study at church on Thursday night, my pastor's wife, Debbie, asked us who we thought of when we heard the word faithful.  She used a couple of couples in our church who have been married for about fifty years as her examples.
The couple I thought of was my dear parents who will be married for fifty years in August.  I have written about them before, but I saw that faithfulness in action this past weekend more than ever.
My mom ended up in the hospital due to chest pains.  Although the main thought was that her discomfort was due to acid reflux, her heart was checked out.  A chemical stress test and echocardiogram showed abnormalities, so she was scheduled for a catheterization.  Sadly, it could not be done until Monday afternoon.
In the meantime, it was discovered that my mom was not getting her anxiety and other related medicines.  That put her into ultra anxious/panic mode.  With the medicine she is usually very calm and easy going.  It broke my heart to see her struggle. My dad was mad that she did not get the medicine for two and a half days.
The love and care my dad showed toward my mom was incredible.  There was one particular moment when my mom was upset that my dad gently rubbed her head.  Then he sat back with such a caring look on his face.  It was a sad, but inspiring moment.
My husband has been going through a really tough time with severe headaches for over a year.  I strive to be as caring and loving toward Tim as my dad is toward my mom in the toughest times
Thankfully the procedure showed no blockages.  The results shown on Friday were a false positive.  I told my parents I would rather have a false positive than Mom not getting checked out and she ended up having a deadly heart attack.  Chest pains are not uncommon for my mom, so it could be a possibilty that she would ignore them.
The mere idea of the possiblity of losing my mom scared me immensely.  I know as my mom is on the verge of turning 70 and my dad will be 76 soon that that possiblity could turn into reality at any time.  I'm going to treasure and appreciate my time with them as long as I can!!!

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Joan said…
Beautiful story ... tenderness to each other is such a treasure.
March 23, 2016 at 2:58 PM
disciplesnook@blogspot.com said…
Along with having my very loving husband with me during these trying times it was great and wonderful to have my thoughtful, loving, caring daughter with me too. Also to have my sons call me just to see how I was doing. All these special people and knowing Christ as my Savior and Lord--life could not be better.

March 23, 2016 at 7:53 PM
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