Hip Replacement

Well, I’ve been laid up for a couple of weeks and so I haven’t been writing.  I had my other hip replaced, and they say you can’t compare surgeries, but how can you not?  Anyway this one has been a little harder, or at least from what I remember.  Although I no longer have the pain in my hip and leg that I was suffering through. It has been harder to come back and do the rehab.  What  I find interesting, when you have something like this come up in your life, is how it affects the people around you.  That’s where one of the difference in the surgeries comes in, not the surgery, but the people around you during recovery. 

I have always been very blessed to have such good people around me, and this summer is no different.  Eti decided not to work the paint crew this summer, and so he has been home with me helping.  I am amazed at his patience.  I am not an easy person, and he is so good to come when I summon and do what I need.  My children have also been very good to help although you can see that some of them are not as willing to help.  What most people don’t realize in their eagerness to help, is that I usually just want someone to visit with me and do my little projects with me.  I have appreciated the food that has come in and have needed it and loved it, but I have LOVED those folks who have been willing to come and spend some of their time with me.

I find that in this world of rush and hurry “time” is one of the greatest commodities we have.  It also seems to be one of those things that we are willing to give up.  We need our “personal” time.  I believe that if more of us, me included, would spend more time visiting those people around us, neighbors, friends, associates, etc. we would create a more rewarding existence.  Many times I have told my students and my children, when we leave this life, all we’ll take with us is our knowledge and our relationships.  We should work on both in this life.