The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
I need to start off with the day that I had. I got to work on time, WOO HOO! I am so not a morning person, and since my spinal tap leak, I have a hard time really getting moving in the morning..
Well I got to work, the day was going really well. My friend Julie & I went to run to Wendy's to get salad's for lunch which we were in a rush to get back because we had a nutrition meeting that we wanted to attend. Well on our way back we noticed 3 cars in the road, and then a woman on the side of the road, we thought, maybe she got hit by a car. She just didn't look right. Julie, being a nurse said, Do you think we should go back? I said yea, so we turned around, pulled the car into the turning lane & literally ran over to the woman. Now, there was 2 women standing in the road, one was a coworker, she had called 911, and then there was a man by the woman. As soon as Julie and I got to her, we could see she had a stroke. Mommy mode kicked in for me. We spoke to "Barbara" (as she had her name badge on her hip from work) she looked at me but could not speak, and she just tried so hard to speak. Julie being the nurse assessed and asked questions, and I just held the woman's had and rubbed her back, stroked her hair & just tried to keep her calm. All the while, thinking to myself, & praying, GOD PLEASE BE WITH US, Please don't let her die! Please let us be able to help her. I was able to find a phone n her front pocket. We were able to get her to start talking to us, she was able to tell us what her husbands name was. Julie called him, and he thought it was a joke, by the time she was finishing up talking, the Fire Dept and police had come. The husband spoke to an officer and I helped the firemen. They asked me to support Barbara so she didn't fall while they assessed her, and Julie spoke with the Firemen. All of a sudden, I looked at the woman who had first -pulled over. Her license plate said "HE'S GOD" And I said to Julie, look at that license plate & we knew at that moment, God was really there with us! HE KEPT US CALM, HE LET US KNOW HE WAS THERE, AND HE WOULD GET US THROUGH IT!!! Julie & I were amazed how we were able to hold it together. But we Did! Great team work, by 2 great friends!! Barbara kept trying to talk and kept telling me thank you, and I just kept telling her it was ok! What a dynamite lady she was, but boy was she scared! Today was a true testament to how God really works! He showed me he was there with the license plate, and I knew that although Barbara had, had a stroke, she was going to be ok! We have not heard anything about her, but Julie & I stopped at her job to let them know what happen, and on my way out, I said, Can you tell the big boss, that they need to put your company logo or name on your employee badges, because her husband told us where we worked because she was not coherent enough to tell us where she worked!
I pray that she is ok, and will be home with her husband and family. I only hope that if that were me, or any of my friends or family that someone would be as nice to them! This was very trying on my nerves and my adrenalin today!
I was going to go home after work, but I decided that I needed to take the Yoga class that work was offering. I'm glad I took it! But man am I tired!!
Now, I'm waiting for my cheesy chicken & broccoli to finish cooking, and drinking a glass of wine. Then I will crash!!!
I did great with my food today. I had a banana,, a protein bar, a salad, with pomegranate dressing with cranberries & pecans & apples in it, it was from Wendy's & it was called Apples & Pecan salad. I didn't have the blue cheese, I had cheddar cheese instead. Now I'll have dinner! YUM
Hope you all have a great night!
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Godspeed!
Jenn
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