Tough Day

So it’s Friday, I had the day off work, so you’d think I’d be having a nice relaxing and stress-free day. Far from it!

Today ended up being a very draining day, both physically and emotionally for me. Having already been struggling  physically since I got home from our band practice last night, I knew today was going to be a tough one. That said it ended up being a tough one for more reasons than I’d anticipated as added to the things I already knew were planned for today, both hubby and my Dad were not too good…again.

As some of you will know, one of my aunts has been in a care home for a few weeks for some respite care after being in hospital for over 2 months. Today was the date set to review my aunt’s situation, so my Mum hasn’t been looking forward to it, and has therefore has been getting quite stressed and upset by that (added to the situation with my Dad’s health).

As I thought might happen, Mum got upset during the review as my aunt got all emotional (as usual) as said she wanted to go home. That was really tough seeing those I always thought of as the “strong ones” in the family, so upset, and so it took every bit of strength I had to keep myself strong for their sake.

My aunt after initially wanting to go home, was then reminded what that would mean, so got very upset by it all. Thankfully though in the end, it all turned out ok as my aunt decided she wanted to remain the care home as we had all hoped she would. Though she did ask both Mum and me individually to reassure her that she was making the right decision.

Had my aunt decided she had wanted to go home again,she would have been on her own most of the day and all night with just a few carers coming in for a short period of time  each during the day. So as you can imagine, it was with a sense of relief and a feeling that a huge weight had been lifted, that we left the care home today – It was good to know my aunt would be safe and well looked after 24/7.

As I mentioned earlier this was a particularly stressful day, probably made worse because for the last few days I’d been thinking about today and contemplating what would happen. All this stress is something we as humans put ourselves through frequently, but often needlessly. As I reminded myself this morning before heading off to pick up my Mum and Dad, I really needed to “chill” and place all my stresses in God’s hands.

God can lift all our stresses from us and calm our hearts. He has already planned what will happen in every situation, so we must regularly remind ourselves to trust God, as He will do what is best for all of us, we just need to trust him.