So I sat down tonight intending to write another blog and yet I've had trouble deciding on what to write about specifically. These are all the things I want to write about:
1. Ted Kennedy and the fact that since he's arrived at MGH the newsreporters have been parked at my door from 7am to 7pm. Consequently I've made the same joke to consecutive patients about how I "told the cameras they didn't have to follow me to work, but they insisted"; the joke has gone over really well surprisingly, especially among my older patients, but now that he has a serious diagnosis, I don't feel that it would be appropriate to joke about the situation, no matter where I stand politically. So, I'll go back to the old standard to start our small talk... "So how 'bout those Red Sox!"
2. Speaking of Red Sox: Jon Lester. NO Hitter. This is the 2nd no hitter since I've moved to Boston. I'm not gonna toot my own horn but *toot toot* I think I'm lucky for Boston. Here's why: The Red Sox not only won the World Series, but swept the Rockies as well. 2 no hitters by the Red Sox (one of whom was a rookie); The Patriots had a nearly Perfect season; The Celtics are in the Eastern Conference Finals and since I've moved here have acquired some really FANTASTIC players. Okay, I'm probably not lucky, but Boston is a great sports town to live in, especially now.
3. I'm going home to Lubbock in exactly 16 days from today and I'm really, really excited. It's been 5 months since I've been home. I don't miss Lubbock specifically, but I miss all my friends there. I miss our awesome cat Sussy. I miss seeing my house and seeing my parents in our house. I miss Rosa's reallll bad. I miss West Texas Thunderstorms and watching them roll in. It never thunderstorms in Boston, I've heard thunder twice since I've moved here. I miss familiarity.
4. Speaking of our house, it will be put on the market soon. And while I've left houses in the past, this is the longest amount of time I ever spent in one house. I realize things on earth are temporary, and my mourning for it will be short, but it still has a lot of memories. Good ones too.
5. In my constant struggle to find peace in this period of life when I'm single but wanting not to be, God consistently reminds me He is Sovereign. I was encouraged by two members of my Bible Study tonight who reminded me about the story of Joseph. (of the Coat-of-many-colors-clan). He was imprisoned for years. He did a lot of waiting. (And I've heard prison is a lot worse than singledom!) There were probably lots of times when he had trouble seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and trying to fathom how God would be glorified in his situation. But in the end, THOUSANDS of people were saved from starvation because of the way God used him. Looking back, do you think he would have changed anything about what happened to him? No! In fact he told his brothers that, "what you intended for evil, God intended for Good!" And every now and then God gives us a glimpse of how He orchestrates every thought, every action, every minute detail for His Glory, and what an amazing gift that is!! So if you're like me, and you have such a desire to not be single, and you feel like you have so much love and emotion to pour out, HOLD FAST! Because when the frustrations rise up, faith that God intends it for good will rise up as well and over power those frustrations.
"Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD." Psalm 27:14
One last random note: I had a huge breakthrough with my Arabic-speaks-a-little-English-but-mentally-is-a-little-slow-patient, and I got soooo excited when it happened that I told him and the Arabic interpreter that it was "Like Christmas in May!" ---uh, yeah, so maybe I should have signed up for that cultural sensitivity class.....
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