Blog for January 26th, 2026
Winter Days
Well, I’ll tell ya, I almost didn’t want to write my blog this week because I am in a lot of pain with a bad sciatica flare up. The pain is so bad it runs all the way down my leg to my toes. So, there ya go, but I also know that if I just sit here and feel the pain, I will be focused on the pain and that makes it hurt worse it seems. Writing will take my mind off the pain. And now that I have explained all that. I realize there are much worse things to have and that I will get better. I’ve had this happen before on the other side of my body and it took a few days, a couple of massages and stretches and sitting still to help the pain go away. I am doing all of that now, except I have to wait until Tuesday for the massage. And I don’t like pain pills. Advil is about as strong a medication as I will take, so there you have it, now, let’s see where this goes eh.
Since it is the dead of winter, and the skies are usually overcast and it gets dark so early and because we’re afraid of germs, especially with a new influenza going around, we just stay hunkered down and go out in public as little as possible. That’s how we do it every winter due to my husband’s chronic COPD and other issues. So, I’m saying, if this had to happen to me, now is a good time, I’m not going anywhere really. We have all we need right here at our house. Especially with zoom, I can go to meetings and visit people – at a safe distance, yay. We have food, blankets, heaters, books galore, internet, phones, TV, satellite and streaming stations. I have my Bible and NA literature, notebooks and pens to write out my steps. Plus, plenty of projects, on my computer and in my house, once I can walk again. 😊
But right now, I am enjoying writing this and kicking back with soft jazz on a mellow ambiance YouTube station. It looks like an office or coffee shop, big picture window with snow coming down good outside, fire in the fireplace, a laptop sitting open on a wooden table with a cup of hot tea or coffee. A lantern by the window, a bookshelf full of books, a bowl of apples, a cozy chair, looking out at what appears to be a forest type village. Beautiful. I could hide away there all the rest of winter. 😊
Besides all that, this was a fairly mellow week, my sister has made a turn for the better and so has my sponsor, praise God. My sponsor gets to go home now and my sister is being moved to a care facility. I have no idea what God’s plans are, but one day at a time, we pray and leave them in His gracious, merciful, loving kindness. Grateful for that.
I am spending these quiet, chilly winter days doing what I can around the house and writing. I also was getting on my treadmill and trying to keep my blood circulating, but right now, I can’t do any of that, until my back gets better, then, easy does it for sure. One thing I can do, and I know I mentioned it in a previous blog is I want a deep dive on step eleven. So yes, I have plenty to do in my self-imposed locked down. I also have my job; I do teach online and that fills plenty of my time and I’m into catching up on some shows and maybe binge of some of those new series. I know that God is good, and I enjoy these quiet, easy, jazz filled nights watching it snow on my TV. Which reminds me, I’m so grateful I’m not in the path of the monster storm right now, but I have loved ones who are, we are praying for them all.
No matter where or how you spend your winter months, I hope and pray you are safe, warm and cared for. I pray you stay close to your Higher Power and in touch with your loved ones. May God bless and keep you all.
Question of the Week: How do you like to spend your winter days, (besides going to work)?
