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In a World of Overwhelm

 In an overwhelming world, "Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations."


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This has become my theme lately as one thing then another comes up. And my goal is to keep life as simple as possible, as the title of this blog indicates. So, I put away the carpet cleaner in June, which means 3 rooms of carpet never got cleaned and likely won't be deep cleaned this year. I am exploring new and much easier venues for carpet and upholstery cleaning. Of course, when I find one that works decently well, I'll share it with you on this blog, because that is the theme of this blog - helping other women simplify their lives. 

My family and I are on a journey right now that feels slightly difficult at times. But we all know the beautiful destination is around the corner. More likely several beautiful destinations. So, I'm not complaining, just explaining my recent disappearing act. 

I'm still here, but my time is limited for the time being. I have a few projects to finish for Etsy. And after experiencing nearly 2 months of agonizing eye pain that began in the middle of May this year, our younger son was finally diagnosed with 3 eye diseases that can never be cured but can be maintained with vitamin C and very special eye drops. Every month, as his eyes form new corneas, symptoms will be different and the agonizing pain can come back at any time if his corneas malform or if his eyes get too dry, causing the retina to rip. When that happens, he is literally blind because his vision is not only blurred beyond seeing, but he isn't able to open his eyes for extended periods of time. For now, though, he is stable and experiencing milder dry eye with halo vision. He will have to see his ophthalmologist at least every 3 to 6 months for the rest of his life - sooner when he experiences relapse. He also has to avoid windy environments. So, if he goes outside, he must always wear wrap around sunglasses to protect not only drying out his eyes from wind but also to avoid tiny objects from flying into his eyes, because that might cause him to need to rub his eyes, which is the ultimate of "don'ts" in his new life of  cornea and retina weaknesses. Also, screen time has to be limited to avoid drying out his eyes. He's managing this well though and takes every precaution to avoid as many relapses as possible.

Next, my  husband was just diagnosed with kidney and bladder stones during an ER visit last week. Now, a week later we're waiting on the referred doctor's office to get back to us with an appointment to see  how we handle this situation which involves a 1.6 centimeter stone inside his bladder. I called them the very next day after the ER visit, but they wouldn't make the appointment until they received the information from the ER. I feel they could have made the appointment, giving the hospital time to send the information they need for his appointment. But that's me. If it were my office, that's how I would handle it. So, basically, we are in the "hurry up and wait" mode of his diagnosis.

With this being said, I guess I really can't concentrate on blogging at the moment. As a matter of fact, all writing is at a stand still, including my books. I have actually updated my free eBook, Learn how to Create a Website from Google Blogger, but I want to go through it carefully and make sure the edits make sense and that no other edits are needed for this update. And the edits for the eBook I want to start selling on Amazon next year are going slowly right now too. 

So, I ask for your prayers and patience as I work through this season of my life. And as always, thank you for dropping by to read my post today.

God bless you,

Patricia

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