Inspiration Storey

you know how sometimes when your "with" someone in a relationship and often wonder if your with the right guy/gal? sometimes there are "signs" to show you the answer if you just look.... Todays inspiration is someone who went through this exact samething, only to have something dramatic happen that gave her answer in a flash.

I am not sure if anyone else has watched Evan Almighty yet (its HILARIOUS) but a line in the movie says "if you pray for courage, does God give you courage, or does he give you opportunity to be courageous?" There are few other points in the movie that say the samething but this really struck a chord with me. Often we pray for certain "things" and dont' realize that its has been granted. maybe not in the way we have asked, but the "opportunity" or "answer" is right in front of your face:)


my husband and i have been married for a little over four years now, but about six months after our wedding he got really sick and i almost lost him. it was the last sunday in november of 2003 when we had to head to the ER because his abdomen was distended and he was retaining fuilds in his leg and face( i at first thought that he was just getting fat, you know with his new life as a married man and all) he had liver failure and needed a transplant as soon as possible.this was a difficult time in our lives because i was at a point where i started to wonder if i had made a mistake in marrying him. i went throuhg nights of wondering if there was something that i had done wrong in my life that i was subsequently being punished for. since he had to be admitted to a hospital bed and could not move around as much and we both live atleast seven hours from any of our relative, i had to take over and take charge of everything. i remember saying to myself that this was not what i picture my life as a married woman to be. i had to work and make it to the hospital each day to visit and help take care of him for the entire time he was at the hospital. there were time when i would fall asleep at the wheel while driving from the visit late at night. well, he was sent home with some medications after two weeks and had to wait for an appointment to see the specialist who would check him out and make recommendations. the frist week home was very scary so i had to take hime to a babysitter before living for work each day, there were times when he could not remember where he was or what he did( this was a 30 year old man at the time). i had to be up with him whenever he got up to go to the bathroom, which was every hour( as a result of one of the medications he was placed on). on one night after he was sent home, i had a very scary episode and i had to make a 911 call for an ambulance. he was sitting on the commode and fainted right there, i did not know whatelse to do but reach for the telephone admist tears and dail 911. when the ambulance got there and after reviving him, they told me that his sugar was too low and that was the reason for his state. his appointment finally came around and he was admitted as soon as we got there because he was getting worst at that point, our insurance company was also refusing to pay for his stay and treatment at the hospital( so that was another promblem that i had to deal with ). the insurance was finally taken care of after our lawyer contacted them and after two months stay at the hospital, my husband was bless enought to get a donor and had a liver transplant and back on the road to recovery.
whenever i'm asked how i made it throught i still tell people that i tried to remember that the shoe could have been on the other foot, and i would like to be treated the way i treat others.i believe that it was the grace of God that got me throught it all, because there were days when i got on my kneeds in tears asking God why me why him? as i went through everything, i realized that it was a previlage for me to experience something like that( i know, crazy right?). i came to realize that i was stronger than i thought and my husband needed me to be stronger for the both of us. i also think that the strong support of our family, friend in the church and my neighbourhood made a definate impact in our lives.
today Joe is doing well, there were a few minor setbacks after his surgery that took him back to the hospital for a few days at a time and he had to have another intestinal surgary in november of last year to remove some adhesions; but he has been doing a whole lot better and has setup his own photo studio and is also trying to get back to a partime job as well.
i thank God everytime for giving back my husband and for the opportunity to have gone through what i went through, because i know that i'm stronger because of what i had to go through.
i believe that there is a time and a reason for everything that happens in a person's life, and i always remind brides to take every line of their vows seriously, because most time when you're standing before the officient and he/she says .....in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer... think seriously before answering 'I DO" because sickness or poorer might just be aroun the bend. and i always try to remember why i agreeed to be his wife and that kept/keeps me going each day.

Also a bit of an update from me. Starting the first week in July I am officially will no longer be working fulltime at my "office" job and now doing part time work instead. This will allow me to more focus on my emails, keeping them uptodate and helping as many people as I can during the day. I should be caught up within a few days and hopefully stay that way. I also want to thank all you ladies/gentlemen for your paitence and kindness while I got this sorted out:)