I had some lovely plans for Easter! Our younger daughter works full-time, so a four-day Easter break was the ideal time to go and visit her and her family. We have a wonderful train service which takes 8 hours to her city and the Government gives pensioners four free trips each year. So my tickets were booked and the packing was done, but I didn't end up getting on the train!
A couple of weeks ago, I alerted the nurse at the Aged Care that my hubby had a bit of a cough. A couple of days later he was quite unwell. By this time it was the weekend before Easter and he ended up in hospital on IV antibiotics. He not only had a chest infection but also Aspiration Pneumonia.
He initially responded well to the treatment and I spoke to the doctor about my planned trip and he saw no reason not to go. That all changed the day before I was due to hop on the train. He deteriorated rapidly and the doctor told me to spend as much time as I could with him and to call the family as he was not expected to survive.
So Easter was spent sitting at his side in the hospital, holding his hand!
So God had other plans for my Easter! It was a difficult, emotional time, but I have known God's peace as so many of my friends were praying for me, and our family have been so supportive and helpful. I did manage to get to Church on Easter Sunday to celebrate the amazing fact that Jesus is alive and death has been swallowed up in victory. That puts everything into perspective!
So I have unpacked all the pouches, journals, mini-organisers, bags, and things I had made to donate to the Christian bookshop my daughter manages. Now to find a box and freight them to her so they are there in time for Mothers' Day in a couple of weeks!
God bless.
Val
