Palm Sunday....Day 12

Wow, I have to admit time is flying since I had my surgery. I'm glad. I never expected it to fly by that fast. Sometimes I have moments where I sit and realize with a little shock, wow I did it!
Today we went to Home Depot and Petco and I bought some beautiful new hanging flowers for the porch. I also made myself a smoothie out of vanilla ice cream and a mini powdered donut. Yes. It was SO good. I read another blog about jaw surgery and the girl would blend cupcakes into a smoothie everyday! I took a cue from her and tried it and it was wow delicious. Not as good as eating the real thing but still pretty amazing. I just had to do a little extra rinsing but it was worth it. I also cooked dinner for my little family today. It was weird to not eat it myself. At the end of the day, we walked to the park with our little BB and it was a great walk. I can't run so my HH had to do all the playing but it was still really nice to get out.

Look at this little cutie

I got a really sweet and much needed message from a great friend today. She shared with me what her priest spoke about at church, let me know that she is praying for me to recover and to remember that true beauty comes from within. Not only was it encouraging but it helped me focus on what really matters. Her priest spoke about how our days here on Earth are really just "borrowed time" and essentially an opportunity to serve Him by walking in love everyday. In other words, life is not about us and what we want and need but about what we can give and do for others out of gratitude for what Jesus did for us. It also humbled me because I have been focusing way too much on my outer appearance and I felt embarrassed about that. I know that wasn't her intention at all but I see it as a good thing. How vain I have been. I know I shouldn't be too hard on myself, this is a very difficult recovery in many respects but I got to the point where I was allowing the way I looked to govern the way I chose to go about my day. I have to remember that everything is temporary and being swollen (however grotesquely LOL) is not the worst thing in the world. I truly have the best people in my life. I always have. God is good, all the time.