My sweet husband took me to Hawaii last week. It was a wonderful vacation and get away. We had just the week before had our one-year-old granddaughter and two-year-old grandson stay with us. I had forgotten how crazy that life once was.
Before we left, I had found a lump in my left breast. The lady that does the mammography at the hospital said, "Go to Hawaii, enjoy it. This doesn't look like anything." So imagine my surprise when I get a phone call from the hospital stating that they need me to come back in because things don't look normal. I scheduled it for the Tuesday after we got back. I wasn't too stressed, just a little.
So then on Sunday while we were still in Hawaii, my husband gets a phone call asking if he can come in and see our Stake President. (The local leader of our group of churches.) We told them we were in Hawaii and wouldn't be home until the following Friday. We knew that they were re-organizing our local church leadership, but still no stress, just a little.
So we enjoyed the rest of our vacation and kept questioning each other once in awhile. ME: So what do you think they want? MY HUSBAND: Oh, I will probably just keep my same calling. HIM: So what kind of lump was it you found? ME: Oh, it was just like a grape, nothing they said to worry about. That kind of thing. . . . .
On Friday we got home at around 2:30 pm. I told my husband that I wanted to take a nap. So he set the alarm and we laid down for an hour or so. We got up, got dressed and chased over to the church. Our Stake President asked my husband if he would serve our local congregation or ward as the First Counselor in the Bishopric. Ok, my head was spinning a little, but I could handle this. He is a great man and will do a great job. And he is now serving with a great group of men that will serve well. They were sustained that Sunday (Feb 15, 2015). It really didn't hit me until my husband gave me a sweet kiss and headed up to sit in front of the congregation. I realized that I would be sitting alone from now on for the next 5 or so years while he serves. Yeah, my head was really spinning that day. I felt like I was on the outside of my body looking at everything that was going on.
On Tuesday I was going to get my car inspected prior to my hospital appointment, however when I got in the car and tried to start it up, the dang thing wouldn't start. There wasn't even a whirr. I tried and tried to call my husband because I didn't want any of our neighbors knowing what was going on, my kids or any family live an hour away and my appointment was 1/2 hour away. I kinda panicked. I finally got ahold of a friend and she agreed to take me. I was now stressed. So we went in and that friend sat for 2 hours in the waiting room while they took numerous mammograms and did ultrasounds to finally come to the conclusion that I grow groups of cysts in my breasts and that it is really nothing. THANK HEAVENS!!
I have to say that Wednesday I didn't get out of bed until 10 am! It was good to just breath and not have anymore stress for a day or two. I am grateful for the time I had away and that we got some time together. I'm also grateful that nothing was found in my breasts that was bad. I'm grateful that I have a husband that can serve in leadership capacities because he is worth and a great guy!! I am really very, very blessed. The one thing that I can say I'm getting used to is change. It is inevitable and it happens constantly.
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