The Ana goes to surgery chapter is now closed and all is well in the land of Ana.
Snap! The time has come to return to reality. However, I am putting in a request for an extension; I kindly request to pay some more attention to rest, please.
In as much as I have disconnected from all things Wi-Fi in the last few days, I finally checked into all my net gadgets and found a barrage of emails to and from my sister 'besties' in celebration of our one and only 'bestie' Grace.
I interjected into the email skip rope to the beat of the following:
Dear: ...
The sweet name of Grace always brings a spark and a smile to my spirit. I
am
certain that as long as there is life in me this will remain
so.
When Gracie spiraled into Mt. Sinai, she asked that I document the
events
that would lead up to her recovery back to good health. She said," I
am not
going to remember this time so I want to be able to look back and
laugh."
Hence, I did as she asked. Attached is an early entry from those
days. As
you can tell it was Gracie inspired and full of the kind of humor
that only
she could evoke under such duress.
Enjoy! Long live Gracie
...now waiting for us patiently at the right hand of
the Father and Blessed
Mother!
Much love, ...
There was a time we celebrated her day of birth, but these days we memorialize her as she sits in her new heavenly home. I scrolled back to a time not long forgotten and have brought this entry back to the surface:
monday, june 7, 2010
I’m coming out – Mount
Sinai…
…And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud,
and went up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty
nights. During this time on the mountain Moses
received two tablets upon which God had inscribed the Ten Commandments, as well
as precise dimensions for the Arc of the Covenant, a portable box-like shrine
that would contain the tablets. Soon thereafter, the Arc of the Covenant was
constructed and Moses and his people departed from Mt. Sinai.
Perhaps not as epochal as Moses on the mount, but never the less
epochal news to us~ Gracie is being discharged from Mount Sinai
today after a ten day hiatus. Out she goes with more than two tablets and a
host of commandments. To her credit, she was able to check out before the
typical stay of 40 days on the Mount.
She is not likely to find a golden calf at the end of her journey, which
is good, but will more than likely embark on her exodus in one of Miami’s elite
Golden Cross Ambulance Chariot Services.
I submit, she has indeed probably aged like Moses, but Gracie will get
her groove back - soon enough.
In her bittersweet departure she leaves behind: a kidney,
stitches, an appetite and a cozy bathroom linoleum in a soft ecru that Gracie
befriended head on. On the other hand,
she leaves the great Mount of Sinai with three more pints of
rich juicy blood (a commodity that did not arrive with her), an itchy
bright red rash, a shiny rod that embraces her femur with complimentary
matching screws, legal “meds” with great street market value, orchids, more
flowers, thoughtful prayers, holy water from Lourdes, a hospital goodie
bag and huge dose of the God factor followed by what can only be compared to as
the twelve tribes of Israel at her heal. The good news is that she
does not have to wander the desert as she is North Miami beach
bound. So, it’s off to St. Catherine’s
at Villa Maria to a destination vacation for ten days.
Note to self. Someone needs to alert St. Catherine that Grace 'Nz' and a host of kin will be invading their halls, bathrooms, kitchens,
waiting rooms, parking lots and their peace.
Godspeed, off to another dance…
St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt
St Catherine’s Rehabilitation
Hospital, North Miami, Fl
Buen Camino, Gracie!
Thank you for the many birthdays shared!
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