Recovery

Today I am recovering from home from the kidney donation and I want to thank everyone who donated money and/or prayers.

I was overwhelmed in a number of ways and I can't thank you enough.

I apologize for not writing for the last few days. I thought that after a week I would be up for resuming my schedule of writing every day the way that I had been doing before the surgery.

I was wrong.

One of the things that has surprised me is how tired I am. It is as if I cannot get enough sleep, even when I have been on a sleep schedule of 12 hours a day and napping two hours every afternoon. I am constantly yawning and my energy level is much lower than I ever thought it would be. It is getting better every day, and this morning I found that I really wanted to do this writing, so I don't anticipate the fatigue keeping me from writing every day for much longer.

It has been frustrating that I can't lift anything for the next month. I am very used to being pretty active around the house and when I can't lift my daughter or lift a load of laundry, I start to feel useless and get frustrated. My eternally patient wife has been a trooper, taking on every manual chore around the house, even weeding all the flower beds yesterday and bringing out the trash. These are distinctly things that I would do, but can't right now.

Combining all of these elements together, and I have been focusing on a lot less than I did before the surgery. I am spending time with the girls and trying to enjoy them as much as possible. I read two or three books that had nothing to do with theology, a sports book and a couple of spy novels. Besides that, I haven't answered many emails, and truthfully almost missed my interview with Real Life Radio today!

I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things a little bit at a time.

I have two important writing projects due that I am going to concentrate on this month, then as August begins I am going to reboot the Sainthood Challenge. In the meantime, I'll be praying for you, and I truly hope that your pursuit of sainthood is full of Grace, Challenge, and Prayer!

By the way, while I was in surgery Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died. I consider this a significant sign that I need to get back on my feet soon before the world comes crashing down.