Thursday, December 13, 2007

a little bit of a setback. . .or maybe a blessing. . .

so today I was reminded of how wonderful my friends and family are. I got sick. There are a lot of theories as to why I got sick. Anxiety, Malaria meds, pumping myself with all kinds of vaccinations. . .well, I thought. . .Oh my goodness, how am I going to get everything that I need to do when I'm feeling this bad and what if I'm allergic to the malaria meds and can't take them. and what if I have a virus, how am I going to do a 17 hour plane trip feeling like I have to throw up? Well, needless to say an already anxious Toni turned into a superly anxious Toni. But you never know where you can find a blessing. People came out of the woodworks to help me out. From holding warm towels to my head, to making me rice, to allowing me to change plans at the last minute. I am so blessed and lucky to have such wonderful people in my life. In my sickness, I started worrying about other things. . .and the little stuff that I had been worried about sort of disappeared. So. . .I'm getting on that plane in a little over 12 hours and I'm going to Kenya. And I know that I have a wonderful support network to come back to. Let the journey begin. Unless something major happens, the next time I log on. . .I'll be in Africa! Whoa! When I get my cell phone number there in Africa I will leave the digits here.

~t

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