I signed up for a kick in the butt today. I admit that I have been feeling a bit sorry for myself with the new pain issues. I am waiting for the MRI report to show up in my inbox so I have an idea if my “Wonder Doc” and I are on the right track. This morning I decided to go back to my old friend, my camera. It is a black box magically tied up with Percocet and Prozac and all kinds of other mysteries to take my mind off of my back without taking actual pain pills. I am also working on a little thing, the 38th Round of the Scavenger Hunt. I have been shooting for weeks now for that - at home and across the west.
As I was going through my library of shots from last April on, I realized just how incredibly blessed I have been. I have seen wonderful things and have recorded them. I finally bagged my “Big Horned Sheep” and saw the hairs on a butterfly’s
back. I need a big dose of patience (I am not good at it) to wait out the bureaucracy that is insurance today so I can have the surgery that my doc and I think I need - sometime in July! He can’t do it sooner because of how long insurance thinks I need to wait, but I am so blessed to have insurance. So I will wait. I will find that next great read and the next great shot to hope for and the next great binge series to take my mind off of my back.
And in the mean time I will celebrate that “Anna Jane’s Rose” is alive and well in Mason, Ohio. Tom transplanted this when we moved. It was blooming in the yard on Adams when Mom and Dad bought that house the year that I was born. Amazing that my at the very least 72 year old rose continues to bloom and bring me hugs from my folks just when I need them.
What a beautiful photograph, and what wonderful memories for you. I love your philosophical approach to all the obstacles. Life puts in your way. You are truly an inspiration to all of us. Praying that your pain diminishes.
