Back and Forth

I woke up in the middle of the night with this saying stuck in my head. This is the phrase I could sum up for the last 2 weeks. I have been going with Aunt Nan back and forth to Either The Woodlands or MD Anderson.

Here are my Praises from these trips:

• Quality Time with my Aunt Nan
• Traveling Grace each day
• Beautiful Weather(If you know me I hate driving in the rain)
• All of the Staff at MD/Woodlands- in each appt that we went to they were always very helpful and caring
• I am thankful that our car trips were easy for Aunt Nan to get to daily(2 hours one way is not bad and its a pretty drive)
  

Now from these trips my eyes were opened even more as I saw hundreds of ppl waiting for the blood work. I have never in my life seen so many ppl waiting to get their levels checked. On this day I had taken my bible to read and just wanted to read when the Lord said, Close it and Look at the people around you. So I started observing ppl who were so sick but had a smile on their face, a woman with her 3 daughters as they had just found out she had the C-word and they were going through all the appointments, this family was just devstated. Then their were the women/men in wheelchairs bc they were just too weak to walk.

I never realized how many people could be so sick, and just hurting or worn out from all the back and forth appts. As Pop says I never meet a stranger so I was able to start chatting with different couples. As we waited in the doctors office about an hour into waiting, the sweetest couple came along who heard another lady telling me about the sales. So he moved over to sit beside me, and let his wife relax in this big comfy chair. I learned in this office you are prepared to wait! They immediately start sharing their story, of how they had rented an apt in Houston for her to have daily treatments. While her husband flew back and forth from Destin, Florida. Then the lady on my left had come from Colorado-had been in remission from cancer, but now she had a rare type of cancer they can not figure out where it is coming from. Every word that came out of her mouth had nothing but joy. She was determined to fight this nasty ole cancer. Now the couple of the Right of the Floridians- were from out of town. They were the sweetest little couple but they looked scared to death as this was their first appt with this doctor. I was so fascinated how each person shared with them about how wonderful this doctor was and very through. It seemed to ease them for a bit.
Now I share this because in the time I was in this appt not only did I get to hear their stories and their Journey through the C word, the Lord showed me how people want to share their story. They want someone to just listen when they are having a rough day or just want someone to talk to. My new goal is slowing down to hear other peoples stories they are pretty Fascinating.

Of course, during this time I got to learn so much about my sweet Aunt Nan, that I never knew. Here is my favorite moment of the trip: Aunt Nan how did you meet Uncle Rob.
Aunt Nan: Well, I called into the radio station where we worked and made a request. We just started talking and thats how it all started.....

By going Back and Forth I had opportunities and blessings by just having the time with her- with pretty much no interruptions.

Slowing Down and treasuring the time in life,
Jenn