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Recovery Takes it Out of You

Recovery can be a God send or a trip to dreamland.

Recovery.

Websters expains it as: "restoration from an illnes or from a condition of evil."

Evil would easily describe this second bout of the flu that I just escaped from. The grip of it was as if I was falling into a pit. Sleeping was all I could try to do to stay alive. My grandson was there to help me remember how to change his diapers in my sleep and pick up the floor around me.

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I will cherish these memories and many more. I know that one day I wish they would come to see me. All in all, I still thought of all the art things that needed to be done, and that was tortureous all by itself. After I finish cleaning up, today I will try to paint a Christmas ball.

Try to keep a pencil near you at all times and a paper to draw on or write on. Keep lists of your thoughts and wants. Your children can read them while you relax in Heaven.     

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