The Slow Lane

As you all know, Beth is back at home adjusting to life in the slow lane--doesn't come easy for someone like her! It definitely is a combination of ups and downs. Today, she cooked her breakfast and then did the dishes and was wiped for the rest of the morning. She tried to cut back on her morphine a few days ago but it was too soon, so she still takes the recommended dosage. She naps as much as she can and takes one or two walks outside--yesterday for 46 minutes--per day. She is coming up against some frustration around her limitations and her inability to do certain things. Often, she waits for Matt to get home to either get something for her or perform a task. She says that she is having to work harder to keep her spirits up and her attitude in the positive realm, and that that definitely came easier at the beginning of the process. I can appreciate that--at four weeks and counting, it must be getting seriously old by now. But the way I see it, it's only a matter of time before she'll be doing stuff like running endlessly along beautiful, pristine beaches and conquering canyons in a single bound. In the meantime, she's doing some writing, some visiting, some self-care, and a lot of resting up for the day when she's ready to be back out there with the sun on her shoulders, doing what she loves most...

(Even though this was taken years ago, I imagine the title of this photograph to now be: "Beth, on the Road to Recovery")