rough skies and a beacon in the distance........


To say that the month of December was a busy month would be misleading.... it was far busier than any I've spent in years. Knowing that the events of Christmas would end on the 26th, and I could get back to normal life was all I looked forward to, and is what made me know that the light at the end of the tunnel was not another on-coming train. But I was wrong to a certain degree. Instead of things quieting down to a trickle, I ended up being much busier than expected..... all the while waiting for some real time off to have my foot attended to. You see, I've been hobbling around for the last two months on a bone spur in my right heel.

Hubby has continually reprimanded me to have it checked out.... but I let the customers and their food orders come first....and I let my partners take some time off to be with their families over the holidays. Yes, I took time off to be with my family, but I held off going to the doctor. Only with the insistence of my brother, husband, and aching foot did I finally head over to the closest Kaiser facility today to finally get that long needed x-ray to assess the damage I've done. Not bad for letting it go, my doctor assured me..... with some anti-inflammatory drugs and a whole page of exercises to do with my foot, I should be feeling some relief within the next week or so. No, he would not give me a cortisone shot, as I had originally inquired about, as the bone spur is small, and the diagnosis is actually called "planter fasclitis". So what is this little injury that causes you to feel like someone drove a spike right into your heel? Apparently it is an inflammation of the bottom of the foot between the ball of the foot and the heel. Nice. Try walking on that for two months and wonder where your sunny disposition has disappeared to.

And, yes, December was very busy with parties.... many of which were last minute. These were the type of parties that couldn't be turned down just because my foot throbbed, as they led the guests of these parties into calling me for food to be delivered for New Years. What's another week in the scheme of time I told myself.... why not just wait for after New Years Day? Well..... I wasn't a moment too late in that assessment, as this past weekend culminated the worse pain of all as I tried to get my Christmas ornaments and lights back into their boxes. By the end of Monday, I could barely walk for all the strain, and resting my foot only proved to be of no real help. Apparently, I should be stretching this little inconvenience away.... and only with the exercises that are specific to the problem if I ever want to have happy feet again.

So I apologize to all for my absence here, and the fact that you all came over to say hello, wished me well for the holidays, and then heard no response. I wasn't ignoring you.... I was busy looking for the beacon that would lead me home again. Some quiet time, some getting my life back in order, and some time to finally have a look at the foot which has given me so much trouble these last two months.

Awareness asked me what I wished for Christmas this year, and at the time I decided to answer my response in a post. I never answered her question...... but I intend to now. My greatest wish is for peace on Earth everywhere. To live on a planet that houses an intelligent species such as ourselves, we spend so much of our time cultivating hate, wars, and a host of prejudices that set us against one another all too easily. What a terrible waste we've made of our time here if we can do no better than to think of ways to wipe our species clean of the very planet we inhabit. But I know in my heart that this is one wish that cannot be filled so readily. So....... on I wish and hope.

My Christmas (albeit very belated) wish to all of you who stop by here..... that you see the beauty of life that has been put before you, and the luck you really have but often don't see. It really exists, although not always in ways you'd like it to. Remember, being rich is also a state of mind, not just a bank account. If you have friends and family members that care about you, they will be your wealth for life, and make you more rich than you could imagine.

Happy New Years to all.... and may this be the year of wealth you deserve.