My daughter, Chelsea has been bugging us to start going to church on Sunday morning. We've always gone Sunday night but I have to say, not "religiously." The reason for that is because we are doing our thing, day of rest, etc. and then it seems to come out of no where. Oh. We've got to get ready for church. We better get there early to get a good seat. Our day of rest comes to a screeching halt. So we thought, let's go in the morning.
We got there a few minutes early and it was packed. We go the Lutheran Church of Hope which is this amazing church that keeps growing and growing and growing. The pastor, Mike Housholder, is younger than I and so "real." He doesn't come off churchy or preachy. The sermons are spot on!! Love it. When we went in we realized they had breakfast prior to. We decided next week we'd get up and go to breakfast.
Chelsea and I made a pact. I told her. You get involved, I'll get involved. They are starting an Alpha program next week. It's like Christianity 101. I was raised in church but I really want to start at point A and see what it is all about from an adult perspective. Not what I was taught. Not how I was raised. How it IS. From my perspective. I was always raised in church and knew everyone around. I still know many of the people from my parents' church. However, Hope has thousands of people. I know the occasional person here and there but without getting involved, it's just church. I want community. I realized today that I don't have much "social" opportunities anymore. I used to work so I rubbed shoulder with lots of people. I wore a skirt everyday almost. Now I am lucky to get ready, put on make up, etc. So here we go!! Another change this year of 2013.
As luck would have it, I saw Chloe's 4th grade teacher, Miss Sabin (she has since married and I don't even know her married name.) I yelled, "Shannon!!" She came over and we chatted. She was one of those teachers you click with. You know, every once in a while you are on the same page, you get along. Shannon was one of those teachers. She came over and told me her 2 1/2 year old daughter has Autism and she noted that when Chloe was in her class she always loved how easy going I was about Chloe's autism. She said she had wanted to get in touch with me but didn't really know how. I jotted my contact info and slipped it to her on my way to communion. I'm sure I will be a good resource for her and I can see us being good friends.
Speaking of friends, I have some girlfriends that I would like to get together with more often. You know how it is. You're getting old and you love your friends, but you don't get together because everyone is so busy and you get so tired. I have Chris and Sue and Marlene and Sheree and Sherrie and Carolyn and Sandie and and and...........Shell, Shelley, Mary, Debbie, Diana, Kathryn..........some in town and some out of town. All I know is they are special to me and I hate myself for neglecting those relationships. I guess relationships is another goal.
So let's see. Juicing. Community. Socializing. Eating healthy. I guess I should put exercise down but I really hate exercising. I HATE IT!! After the second time in chemo, my heart was affected. One of the side effects of Adriamyacin (Doxirubicin) could be heart problems. And guess what? I'm one of the unlucky ones whose heart was affected. So now I take high blood pressure pills, thyroid pills, another high blood pressure pill to protect my kidney, an anti-depressant, a diabetes med, and now - a heart pill. My medicine cabinet is full. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I not only kicked the cancer, but stablilized the rest of my "conditions?"
That would be cool!! So I juiced before church and had roasted vegetables after. We even went through Culver's and I didn't order anything. Then I got home and made some salmon for Chloe. I decided if I am going to get healthy, doesn't it make sense for me to try to help my daughter on the Autism Spectrum to eat healthy as well?? Here goes!
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