Healing hearts and minds

A LOT TO LEARN

It has been an unbelievable learning curve planning to bring Trina home.  I really hate to make this observation, but it seems like the employees of the various government programs needed to make it happen are disconnected, especially when you add to the mix moving from one county to another.  I have been running in circles for 2 months just trying to develop a flowing plan.  My idea of organized would be to have one person in charge to help from point A to point B, but no – you simply have to learn as you go and then just do it yourself piece by piece.  I have to say thanks to the few individuals who knew their job well and gave me direction so at least now I do believe we will get her home!

Trina continues to eat better, but we will leave her feeding tube in just for safe measure now.  It is an easy way to get her meds in and fluids in.  Tomorrow she will be measured for a custom wheel chair and that is exciting.  The scary part will be knowing we have to drive her 11 hours when the move comes … then have to quickly set her up for proper care in a new environment without a “staff” behind us.  The good news is that there is so much we can do at home with her, more freedom to focus on rehabilitation.  And, for Trina to be able to visit childhood friends and her best friend Shaynae on a regular basis will make a huge difference in her healing process.

More pics to come soon.  God Bless.

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    Mike Mercer

    “LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
    Psalm 16:5-8

    I know just a little of what you are going through, and it is indeed a task to induce fear – “will I be able to do this?”, “what will happen if…?”
    The world wants to pull the black hood of fear down over your head so that you can see nothing else but the potential worst case scenarios. Don’t fall into this false imprisonment…it is a lie. Whatever you can do for your daughter through your love, will be enough…believe that. That you are moving ahead with a plan for her (and your) life is a critical step for healing; and don’t feel that you are in control of her future, because, wonderfully, you are not…He is! She is HIS child first, and He loves and cares for her in ways beyond even your ability to comprehend. And His yoke for you throughout all of this will be light, in comparison to the despairing, guilt-ridden harness the world would have you wear. Appreciate every day; the small and joyful miracles, especially. He asks you repeatedly to not be anxious about tomorrow…it will worry about itself. He will give you what you need, in His perfect timing. Like all of life, for all of us, your journey will be fraught with situations that sometimes seem hopeless, filled with gut-wrenching fear, or without any inherent good. Again, a lie. If you are walking with God at the center of your life, you will not be spared the assaults of the enemy…but you will know that they are temporary, that they do not define life for you, and at the end of every day, you have a hope that transcends everything. Never let go of that.
    Mike

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