Help is always available for you

Hello world-wide-web, Heavenly Father my mother has told me that Holy Week is the Holiest of Holy weeks in the year, and that whatever we ask for in Jesus' name during this time will be answered. Now Jesus, I know this must be true, because she's a mom AND a widow, and I know how you are partial to both, so I'm asking for some extra guidance, love, patience, and compassion be sent to all marriages. As always, Lord, thank you. Thank you for Your mercy, Your kindness, and for being with us every single day. In Your Name, Lord. Amen. I've become a fan of "30Rock" - thanks Carlton for getting me hooked on it - and an episode a few weeks ago had a funny scene in it. Tina Fey's character, Liz Lemon, or LL, went to the dentist and her friend/co-worker Jack, Alec Baldwin, took her home and looked after her because she was still sedated from the surgery. I use the term 'looked after' loosely because Jack admits to Liz that while she was still sedated she put a waffle in the DVD player and called for a massage from craigslist. (Liz is talking to Jack on the phone, asking him if she put the waffle in the DVD player, when a man starts banging loudly and roughly on her door. She yells in her best imitation of a man's voice, "You're too late. We've already killed her!" Jack comments, "Well played Lemon.")Jack may not have been very good at taking care of his friend, but he was there for her in her time of need. It's great to have a support system, but what if a person doesn't have a support system? Where does a person go for support, or to talk to someone objective about their problems? Church, yes, but what if you're an agnostic, or atheist? Pray? Definitely, but as I've said in previous blogs, 'sometimes you need someone with skin.' I am going somewhere with this line of questioning, and those of you who know I'm pursuing a master's in counseling have an idea where. Another answer (though not as noble as the given answers) to the above questions is watching t.v. sitcoms like "Cougartown" which is about a recently divorced woman who owns a real estate business and has a funny, intelligent, teenage son; neighbors who are happily married and raising a son; another neighbor who is cute and has a major crush on her; her former hubby, who is also still madly in love with her; and a single woman who works with her in the real estate business and is kind of white trash; or perhaps "Modern Family,"(which I love)is more your style with it's hip gay couple; the older man who is married to a young Latina who has a son from a previous marriage; a 'normal' family: husband, wife, and three adorable kids; a nerd, a princess, and a boy. If people aren't watching the "small box," to find solace, maybe they are happy being unhappy, or they're drinking themselves silly to cope... I'm arguing that something is going on in the collective consciousness of t.v. land. By watching "Cougartown," or "Modern Family," or other similar programs, the viewer can question relationships, possibly even find the shows experiences cathartic. Oprah has been 'healing' the world for years. I envision good things coming from all the actor's 'genuineness'. Perhaps people will eventually Be Real, or, at the very least, go to a therapist and Get real. I know the wheels of my argument are about to fall off, but hear me out: therapy is a good thing. If you've been thinking about going, go. If you haven't thought of therapy, why not? It was Socrates who said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." If the stigma to seeking counsel lifts through some 'osmosis' of a sitcom's character(s), which, again, I think it can, lives change, and all for the better. God wants us to be our best selves. Therapy can help. "I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa

I heart nurses

Hello world-wide-web, Thank you Lord for nurses, your angels on earth. I pray that all nurses know how appreciated and loved they are by their patients, and may they always feel Your Spirit working through them, renewing them, and giving them the will to keep working long after their energy has left them. Thank you also Lord, for my health and for the health of those around me. Thank you for all you do for us; we can't ever thank you enough. In Jesus' Name. Amen I went to the hospital for a planned surgery this past Friday. Before I continue, I must make a confession here to Brett (oops), I mean Brent; I lied to you Buddy, when I told you I was having my tonsils removed. I can't believe how gullible some people are, God bless them. :P I won't go into any details about why I was there or that I spent the night. I will, however, talk about how I think nurses are Da Bomb. I've failed to realize how amazing nurses are and what a demanding profession they have to fulfill. Let me make up for this failure now by saying how much I admire and appreciate nurses. Friday happened to be a really busy day for the nurses on my floor too. There are intercoms, fortunately or unfortunately, in every room and there isn't a way to cover them up or turn them down, so you pretty much have to hear every page that is made. But my nurses were the kindest, most compassionate people. If you get the opportunity to meet a nurse when you are out and about, or at a party, or if you go to the hospital like I did, please make sure you tell them how much you appreciate them. When I found out my nurses were done with their shifts, I told them good-bye, thanked 'em and gave them God's blessings. They really did their best to make sure I was comfortable and in want of nothing. I don't particularly care for hospitals, but this visit made me appreciate we have hospitals and the wonderful people, angels really, who work inside them. KIA Sorento has a cute commercial airing now with a monkey and other assorted toys taking over the Sorento and going to Vegas, with a tune from The Heavy called, "How you like me now?" As I'm writing this blog, those words, How you like me now, are playing over and over in my head. I think that's what I was thinking at certain times when the nurses took care of me. I think they would answer with a smile and say, "Just fine." Not many people can do what they do, or the way they do it, and make it feel okay. Have you thanked a nurse today? Or prayed for one? Well, what are you waiting for? "I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa