Well here I am with a story to tell about never missing the water until the well runs dry…or at least runs with difficulty.

   Last week my daughter who will be 12 this month and I decided that she was going to have a roller skating party.  I rollerskated almost every Saturday while in middle school and thought what a great thing to do.  So I took 3 of my children my 11 year old, my 8 year old and my 7 year old out to the roller rink during “Family Matinee”,  all were inexperienced but ready for the challenge.

   We had a great time even with all the falling down.  About 10 minutes before we were going to go we all decided to take one more roll around the rink and then it happened.  A cute little 4 year old runaway skater fell and slid right in front of me.  Very quickly I had 2 options…fall on this little boy (not really an option) or shift my weight backwards and hurt myself.  So I did the latter and hoped for the best.  What was the best…a fractured right elbow.

   Here is the part about you never missing the water.  I have been without the regular use of my arm for almost a week now and although I cannot stand to peck away at the keyboard, I find that we all will do what we have to do to get what we need (or want) done.  The lesson I have learned this week is that sometimes we are thrown a curve that we didn’t expect, didn’t want and have no time for, but we will prevail make the best of it and sometimes even come up with alternate ways to do something.  So many of us are doing this with our businesses that it should be second nature.  We have a plan, something happens that we have to redirect or change patterns and we still survive. 

   I always talk about being grateful for the little things but I don’t think I have taken the time to be truely thankful for all the hard work my right hand puts in.  This changes today!     Thank you Right Hand for all of your hard work, thank you to my husband who has been working double time with me partially out of commision.  Let’s all remember and be grateful for all we have and all of our capacities.  Have a great weekend.

Phylana Stowers
Stowers Swaddlers & Stationery

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