with all the things going on the last couple of weeks here...
I am still feeling better than I have in a long time...
I have never asked God to step in and remove what I have before...
I feel really guilty asking for anything for myself...
but the last part of last year I began to ask for me...
HIS SPIRIT has been leading me in directions that are helping...
we began physical therapy here at home in November...
after 2 months, I can now stand without pain...
the guys have been working on me twice a day and today was my first day of doing it three times...
we began on the lower back and legs...
and I began working slowly...
very slowly on the upper back, neck and arm area the first of the month...
it's been over a year since I felt this good...
and with what I have...
my muscles would not retain tone...
every day I would wake up the same and have to work through it...
only to lose it all by the next morning...
I am retaining tone!
I haven't done that in 10 years...
so, thank you for all of your prayers...
I know they are a big part of this...
and I want to thank GOD for allowing this to happen...
I can stand now to take a quick shower, but only use the stool if I am going to be in there longer if wash my hair...
I can stand and cook and wash dishes without the kitchen stool...
by spring...
I want to able to walk the yard without the chair...
I will still use it for longer walks until I get stronger...
and I know this is going to take a long time...
and I would like to be 100%...
but if this is it...
it's better than where I have been...
and I am so grateful...