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One of my pastor's favorite sayings is "God is good all the time, all the time God is good!" Today I felt His goodness. I had been dreading today because I knew it would be one of those busy days. If one thing would go awry the whole day could go downhill pretty fast. I had an appointment for my Mom scheduled with her surgeon concerning her knee surgery. I scheduled it for the afternoon (to allow time for school in the morning) but with enough time to get her home and get Hannah to her piano lesson. That was until last week when Dad's dermatologist determined that Dad needed allergy testing and we could either do it this week or have to wait until mid-September. Dad has really had a time with his skin as of late so I decided sooner was better than later. He had to be to the dermatologist Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Even worse it was going to have to be at the not-so-nice, have to park really far from the building, doctor's office. I had Monday scheduled, not a problem, Wednesday I had to squeeze his visit between Mom's knee appointment and Hannah's piano lesson. I prayed for God's help to get through today--good thing to start off with in the day! We carried on with morning schoolwork, cleaned that up and prepared lunch. Lunch was uneventful, thankfully, and loaded up for the afternoon. I was sure to pack Hannah's piano books because it was highly unlikely we would be back home until after the lesson. We picked up Mom and Dad, I arrived at Mom's appt., that was for 1:10 p.m., by about 1 p.m. Good, I thought, I might be able to get her in and be out early so that I could get Dad in early so that I wouldn't have to sweat the time factor for getting Hannah to piano. I scan the lobby, not so good, there was a whole lot of folks there. I check the roster that you sign when you come in, there were at least 3 other patients to see the same doctor and their names weren't crossed off yet. Bummer. I sit down and knit like a mad woman, knitting is one of my therapies to cope. :) They don't call us back until 1:35. Ugh, but they called her back within my necessary time-frame. I was already calculating in my head what my options were. I was thinking of how I might have to leave Mom there and take Dad to his appointment and come back to get her. There was also the little problem of the bridge being out between the hospital for her appointment and the hospital for his. I didn't even have to say a thing to the Dr. about us being on a time crunch. He examined her walking, asked her a couple of questions and released her until next year. Whew! Out the door we went to pile back in the van and on to our next destination. As I had said the parking lot is far from the building for this Dr., I usually have to drop Mom and the kids off at the door and go park. I was a bit concerned about that when I pulled in the parking lot and I drove slowly by the handicapped spaces (Mom and Dad qualify for one of those handicap placards) and someone was pulling out of one of those spaces just as I was coming by! Thank you Lord! Grace fell asleep on the way to this appointment. I told Mom and Denny to wait in the van and I rushed Dad and the other girls to Dad's 2 p.m. appt. I was 10 minutes late but it wouldn't have mattered. The lobby at this Dr.'s office is pretty spacious as lobbies go (I'm quite the judge on the quality of Dr. office lobbies!) and it was packed! Literally every seat was filled and the rest of us was left standing. I told the receptionist that we had yet one more appointment and whether it would be better for us to come back. I was praying, please Lord, call him back. Again, I calculated how long I could wait before I would have to leave Dad here and come back and get him after the lesson. Just then, they called Dad back! I got to see the type of skin testing they were doing on him. One spot of the possible 20 or so allergens was already raised up and pink--it looked like a mosquito bite. I asked the nurse which allergen it was and it turned out to be fragrances. I will have to ask the Dr. what that actually means--if it is fragrances that touch his skin or even if he is in the room with it. Boy, that is a lot of things for him to avoid. I'll be interested to see the final results. He didn't need to be seen by the Dr. so we scurry back out of the building and into the van again. We hop of the highway, make it to Mom and Dad's, drop them off and actually make it on-time (Hannah said "Actually a little early") to a 3 o'clock piano lesson which was not in close-proximity to the doctor offices! It was just evident to me that God cares about the littlest details of our lives. He cares if you have to be somewhere at a particular time. He cares if you really need a good parking space. He is not a genie in a bottle, don't get me wrong, but He is sensitive to our needs. He knew I needed His help to get through today. I need His help to get through everyday but today was especially daunting. He is good. His mercy endureth forever. He loves me. What more could I ask for? |
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