Friday’s Fave Five

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Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share five of our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s to read others’ faves and link up your own.

I did something to my back Tuesday. I wasn’t aware of pulling anything the wrong way when I was exercising that day, but afterward in the shower my back started to hurt and I’ve had trouble with it ever since. So my favorite parts of this week are:

1. Ibuprofen.

2. Icy Hot patches.

3. A heating pad. I’m thankful we still had one, and I was able to easily find it, and it still works! I’ve had it over 30 years and haven’t used it in a while.

4. A sick day. I was just thinking earlier in the week that I wished I could have a day with no obligations, without needing to go anywhere and keep one eye on the clock throughout the day, and I laughed to my myself, “What I need is a sick day.” Well….that wasn’t really a wish or a prayer, but that aspect of the week has been nice. Without exercising and running errands I feel like I have sooo much more time in the day! But I am ready to get back to normal…I hate that my not being able to do things is going to mean someone else having to do them.

5. Spiritual lessons. I was reminded of the truth that when “one member [of the body] suffer[s], all the members suffer with it” (I Corinthians 12:27). You don’t realize all the different actions (even sneezing!) that involve your back muscles until they hurt. And it’s given me empathy for a couple of people I know whose bodies are twisted in various ways, one with severe scoliosis. When I’m walking bent, it makes other muscles ache, and I wonder how those folks who live with bent bodies aren’t in constant discomfort. Maybe they are — or maybe their muscles get used to the “new normal.” I don’t know. Both of them are generally happy people — a rebuke to me because when I hurt, all of my focus is on the hurt area.

As is obvious by this fave five. 🙂 I don’t mean to have a “poor little me” attitude, but this has been the primary event of the week. I’m better than I was Tuesday and Wednesday and can putter around the house getting some things done once the ibuprofen kicks in. So I am hoping to be back to normal asap.

I’m also glad I had an urge to get the house clean last weekend!

My other main event this week is celebrating five years of blogging and 2,500 posts with a series of giveaways this week! That’s been fun.

By the way, I asked you last week to pray for a classmate of my son’s with encephalitis. Turns out she didn’t have encephalitis but had a shunt in her brain that was malfunctioning — my son didn’t quite know or remember what the original shunt was for. But his classmate is out of the hospital now and recovering: she came to school for lunch with her friends one day but is not back in classes yet. Thanks for praying.

Have a great weekend!

A Special Thank You to Our Veterans!

14 thoughts on “Friday’s Fave Five”

  1. So sorry your back has been out, Barbara. Glad you have “aids” that have helped you to bear it. I also am in awe of folks who have physical disabilities and bear them with cheer. Get even better soon.

    Congratulations on your bloggy birthday. You sure have been busy. Do you have favourite posts? I will look back at your past week’s blog to see if you answer this question.

    Thanks for posting the Veteran video. I “stole” it for my Facebook page.

    Hope your weekend is refreshing and pain-free.

  2. I’m so sorry to hear about your back. I didn’t have the impression from your post that you were throwing a pity party. As you said, it’s the Main Event sort of thing. And I’m always grateful for pain meds in those moments as well. =D

    Glad you are feeling better! Hopefully this weekend will be on the relaxing side so that you can fully heal.

  4. So sorry you’ve put your back out, Barbara. Praying it will heal quickly. And you are right about when one muscle is hurt how much it affects other parts of the body.

  5. Thanks for sharing the veteran’s video. It was very emotional for me.

    Hope your back is better and you feel better soon. I agree when one part of the body hurts it affects everything. It should be that one in the body of Christ, too!

  6. Glad your back is better, Barbara! Sounds like quite a week. Sometimes a slowdown is nice…for a short time.

    FIVE years of blogging? Kudos to you for that — awesome. Take care of yourself and have a great week ahead.

  7. Always enjoy your fave lists.

    I’d normally put ibuprofen on my list too, but this week I’ve been realizing my stomach pains may be an ibuprofen-induced ulcer. I may have to find a different solution.

  8. so sorry to hear about your back..i had something similar last winter from shoveling the wrong way..>UGH…thank the Lord for all those helps like pain killers and heat therapy/ice therapy! hope you have a much better weekend….

  9. Yes, watch out what you wish for. I wanted a few days off and ended up with about two months of inactivity due to my ankle. I hope and pray you’ll recover quickly. When I swallowed my ibuprophen, I often thought, “Drugs are good.” 🙂 You don’t sound whiney, you sound thankful for all the ways you can heal faster.

  11. Oh, a sore back gets in the way of so much! I didn’t think your post sounded like a ‘poor me’ post at all…..there are things to be thankful for in your circumstance and you found them. Good for you.

    Great video…..I need a tissue now…..thanks for sharing it.

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