An Unexpected Act of Kindness

Yesterday was my worst day yet as far as pain goes. I woke up feeling good, went to work and then about 2:30pm I was hit like a ton of brinks (only a lot more painful then actually being hit by bricks). I quickly got out of work and was barely able to drive myself home. Once I got home I was supposed to have a 2 hour training session for my new job but I had to call my trainer and tell her that it just wasn't going to be possible. How crappy is that? I'm only on my 3rd day of training and I already had to call her to cancel. I swore to her that I wasn't normally flaky but that I was in a lot of pain and that there was no way I'd be able to sit at my computer and carry on a normal conversation for two hours! I think she understood because I was totally crying, like a blubbering idiot, and she was nice enough to say that she would pray for me. After that I took a pain pill and laid on my bed for 2 hours clenching my side. My pain comes in contractions so in between contractions I was able to get a little rest which was nice break from the tears and the wrenching pain.

Another bummer was that I had to call Matt and have him call everyone in our small group to cancel. I hate it when things fall apart, especially when it's my fault! But I'm not kidding about 2 seconds after Matt got off the phone with Heather she called me. This is where I would like to stop and say that Heather and I always joke back and forth about making meals for all the moms having babies at the Stirring. We always tease each other and say what if we don't ever have kids? And then we always joke and say that we will bring each other meals for a month. All of this joking is fun and games for us; we truly do love making meals for everyone but it's just our way of laughing at the fact that we are the only two that may never have that luxury. So all that to say that when Heather called me last night what she offered me totally humbled me! She was still at work but she said that as soon as she got off work she would bring us dinner! I must have said, "you really don't have to do that" about 20 times during our short conversation but being the amazing friend that she is to me shekept reassuring me that "she wouldn't be offering if she didn't want to." I cannot express how much that meant to me! I was so relieved that it was one less thing I would have to muster the energy to get done, and it somehow gave me the freedom to be in pain and not have to worry about everything else that needed to be done. So this is a shout out to my friend Heather; you are amazing and you TOTALLY blessed me last night with your generosity and your friendship. Thank you so much!!!