I'm loving that it's mid-April, almost Palm Sunday and then next week....EASTER!! My absolute favorite holiday!!
I'm looking over the last week and have realized God brought a lot of blessings into my life. I'm sharing FIVE that make my FAVES list and then linking up at Susanne's to join other thankful bloggers.
- WORSHIP, COMMUNION, and SERMON: This past Sunday, we had an amazing worship service at church, followed by communion and an excellent sermon by our senior pastor. I'm very thankful for a vibrant, Biblically-based church.
- FIRST TIME! For the first time since early March 2022, I went 11 straight days in a row with no cervicogenic headache!! For those of you who are new here, I woke up one day in March 2022 with a massive headache and neck pain and it was daily for 24 hours until April 2023. In April 2023, I went another whole year to April 2024 with only 1-2 pain free days a week. Finally got proper diagnoses in June 2024 thanks to finally having approval for an MRI that showed some significant issues in cervical spine (along with the slipped discs in lumbar) and stenosis. My neck has been pretty good and I have almost full range of motion but my mid-back is still in pain almost every day. Certain things relieve it for a couple hours and I'm at the chiropractor weekly but I'm thankful to the Lord for relieving me of those headaches. I know I'll always have to deal with this issue unless He miraculously cures my spine but I'm just so thankful I went 11 days in a row with out the headache. (I'm also not on meds, just supplements).
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| main path at Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve Wednesday 9 April |
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| Beaver activity in the Erie Canal at the preserve |
- SOLO HIKE: I was able to do a 1.6 mile solo hike after my chiropractic appointment on Wednesday afternoon. It was our sunniest day so I was thankful I had the chance to get a short hike in. I saw a lot of other hikers, joggers, dog walkers, bike riders on the paths. It was cold but sunny so I'm also thankful for that sunshine!
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- SPRING FLING BRUNCH! Wednesday morning I take a class at church for women of all ages. We have been studying the book None like Him. Well we are wrapping up the class in a couple of weeks and this past week, we paused the book, to have our Spring Fling brunch. We all brought a dish to share (I made Lemon Herb Pasta Salad) and our special speaker was a young woman who came to Christ after a time of drugs, alcohol and other issues. She did an excellent job speaking about transformed lives. I'm very thankful everyone at my table was able to go and we all had a great time of worship and fellowship.
- DOCU-SERIES: Dave asked me if I wanted to watch the new documentary series about the 2024 Red Sox team. We started the first episode the other night and will watch another episode tonight. Of course we are huge Red Sox fans (even though we live in NYS and cannot stand the Yankees! Dave's from the Boston area so grew up loving the Sox) although I don't follow the team like I did when Papi was on the team (we saw him in person at the World Series parade in Boston in 2004!....hard to believe it's been 20 years!). Anyways, the docu-series features the actual team members and people associated with the team and it's quite fascinating. I'm thankful we found something on Netflix we can both enjoy together.
I hope you have a lovely weekend, doing the things you love.
6 comments:
Hi Faith! I'm glad you were able to go so long without a headache! Your hike looks nice. Yes, Pastor Rex's Sunday sermon was very good. I listened to it. I hope you have a good weekend. See you again soon!
Great to hear you had such a long spell with no headaches. Living with constant pain is so hard. Your lunch sounded good too and a lovely way to bring your study group together. Nice that you and your Hubby both enjoyed watching the docu series. We often struggle to find something we both want to watch at the same time lol. Have a good weekend.
So many great things, and I am so happy to hear that your headaches have eased up. Wishing you a lovely weekend.
What a blessing to have so many days without the headache! I hope you can have many more like that.
Some Sundays, some sermons and worship times, are just a special blessing. I'm glad that was the case for you.
The brunch sounds so good. I love that book by Jen Wilkin.
No headache for eleven days is the absolutely best fave! Here's for eleven more!
That solo hike looked like it was relaxing and invigorating.
I did a Jen Wilkin study on Revelation. She's a good teacher.
My ballerina? Yes, she danced ballet whenever we were in the US during our Indonesia years and then for three years when she was in high school. After many years, she is back and loves it (she posted on facebook, "A dream come true" to dancing in Swan Lake (only Act 1)
Palm Sunday tomorrow!
Wow, Praise God for that length of time without a headache!! I love communion days at church. It makes why we're gathering that much more meaningful! How fun to have a spring brunch.
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