Yesterday I wrote a little bit about our night time routine. Our morning routine is a bit more unique. It is very different from what our morning rituals have been in the past. Jeff usually sleeps until about 10:00. Sometimes he wakes up a little earlier just to go to the bathroom, but then he wants to go back to sleep.
Waking up is usually a very disorienting time for him and it takes him awhile to even figure out where he is. Usually I go through a series of questions with him.
"Do you know where you are?" Sometimes he knows the answer immediately, but most times he has to really think about it.
"Do you know who I am?" This one he always knows the answer to. But I always ask. If ever he didn't know who I was, I would get very concerned, but so far, it hasn't been a problem.
I then ask him about our children, who they are and where they are. Again, he usually has to really think about it, but most often comes up with the right answers.
Then I ask him if he knows what is going on with him. Usually I can tell what kind of a day it is going to be by how he answers this question. Sometimes he answers an infection, but if he says "Lesions on my brain" then I know that his processing is functioning higher.
After I get him up, I take him to the kitchen with me where he waits while I fix breakfast. It is very important to him that I talk to him while I am in the kitchen because I tend to make a lot of noise which is really disconcerting to him unless I tell him up front what I am doing.
After breakfast, we do our daily energy routine and an energy circle. This has proven to be profoundly helpful in getting him prepared for the day. I will write more about it later on and give some links for more information.
By the time we are finished with this part, he is usually ready to sit in his lift chair and take it easy for a bit. If I have given him a shower, he is ready for a nap.
It doesn't bother me that he sleeps so much. I know that his body is doing all it can to rebuild his immune system. I am so grateful that there is nothing else his body is fighting right now so all it's energy can go towards building and strengthening.
The rest of the day is pretty much spent going back and forth between his chair, the kitchen for meals and the bathroom. It is a very different life from what he had before. But he has been very content and peaceful lately.
He likes it when people come to visit him. Today he had a friend from Spokane stop in to see him. When we went through the best things that happened today, he said it was having his friend come. I think he gets a bit bored with me.
Today was a really good day. His processing was much better than it has been for a long time, so this evening I put on The Art of Manifesting CD by Carol Tuttle. He enjoyed it very much. Tomorrow I will write a little bit about what that means to us and how we apply the things we have learned from what we have studied to our health. It is profound.
Our lives are very simple. But yet, we don't mind. It is a time for healing. There will come a time for more noise and more busyness, but for now we really love our little sanctuary. We invite anyone who is in the Boise area to stop and see us. We are always here. Afternoons are a bit better than mornings just becuase he is more awake. Evenings are good too.
People who stop and visit us find it to be a very pleasant experience, at least that is what I am told. I think everyone needs an opportunity to find sanctuary. You are welcome to join us in ours.
Chris
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