If This is an Actual Medical Emergency...

My upcoming Spring Break is more than much needed. I'm pretty sure that if it was not next week I would end up in a padded room. Really it comes down to this past entire year. April 27, 2009 I gave birth to my glorious baby boy. As much as I adore him, that event has wreaked havoc on my body. I'm not talking typical baby weight I can't lose or things sagging that used to be much perkier. I mean my body thinks it is 80 years old.

At the moment I am on four different prescription medications. Good grief, I'm only 29 years old. I've also had to have three different day procedures and a couple of visits to the emergency room (I don't even have to fill out paperwork in the ER anymore-I'm in the system). It is also disheartening that every call I make to an office starts with: "If this is a true medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911."

So I've decided to find all the things to be thankful for this past year. Otherwise it would be too easy for me to dwell in the doldrums of my physical health. When I started making an effort to be thankful every day, I realized how miserable so many people choose to be. It actually started to hurt knowing that some people have completely shut themselves off to all hope and goodness in the human race.

The idea that humanity is beyond salvation has really plagued my mind. Too many cynics are droning on about how irresponsible people are bringing so many children into the world who cannot be properly cared for. Although I like to joke about the opening scene to Idiocracy, I need to believe that good can and is still being done in the world. Maybe that's why I have been particularly overjoyed at the news that so many of my friends are pregnant or will soon be having babies. I know my friends are loving and competent people. I have faith that they will teach their children how to care and create and respect and learn and forgive and all the other things that seem so easy to overlook in society.

These attributes I hope to impart to my son and any other children I may be blessed to have.