Beacons and Bandaids……..
Hello Small World,
I had an amazing experience this weekend, so while the new site is being finished I thought I would share the details. As much as I enjoyed Easter and writing the lenten study book I will be very happy to see it off the front page of this site.
Saturday afternoon I headed out on a quest. It felt like a grail quest. Have I seen one to many Dan Brown movies lately. Yes. Anyway, Duncan’s medicene patches have a great deal of trouble staying on him. I cannot imagine why a human being just cannot stop sweating when it is 100 degrees outside. Ha. Anyway I walk into a city wide institution here in Mobile called Saad’s Healthcare. They have helped us buy wheelchairs, rojo pillows, walkers, and many other things. So, I had hope that they could help me find something to keep these medical marvels in pain management stuck to my hubby. Little did I know I would be walking into a store filled not only with help and yes an amazing product that you cannot hardly remove: but also with three amazing people.
The first was a teacher… she may not knowing it yet but her path is just being realized. God has touched her in such a unique way that she has only one way to go. She began simply by telling me her sister’s story. You all know how much I talk, it was nice for some else to have the floor besides; I sort of had socially shared enough that everyone else was eager to talk and ready to share after about 20 minutes.(We had trouble getting the work into the computer just so know one thinks these folks were not working.) Then she continued to tell me the story of her mothers faith and her journey out of a terrible car crash and the blessings and changes that she experienced through it all. I have not asked her permission to share of story so I will losely sum it up. Her younger sister was taken ill very early in life. As doctor’s tend to do they sent her home with a ton of medication and an ominious message for the parents. Prepare for her death. Get your life right with your God. Well, if they had been paying attention they would have realized that the Mom had the right ear of God and she knew that if you passed from belief into knowing what you have asked of the Universe’s Creator you will recieve it. That promise is in every Gideon Bible left in every bereft hotel room on earth. She brought her daughter home. Prayed. Took her off all meds and then gave her over to God. Soon she was recovering at record speed and the family spread the word far and wide about the blessings thier family had been given.
Now if you know my story you know that this was a hook for me immediately. My husband and I have both faced unsermountable odds and faced them with faith and a strong will to live and we have overcome and are living proof that sometimes a strong will, a strong faith and some good old horse sense can save your life.)
Anyway back to the story. As the years pass this amazing sister who had witnessed her families heroic faith and struggle was the victim in a horrible car wreck. The number of bones she broke and the spiritual lessons she learned are to many to name. But once again this family came thru with a teenage child in the hospital and bed for a year recovering painfully and on faith. This young lady and her sister are now each in there 30’s thriving and joyous. No marks of struggle scar thier smiles or wrinkle thier eyes. When I looked into her clear blue eyes all I could see was the joy that only the peace and understanding that you get when you meet you maker and have a long talk with him can bring. I was stunned and thrilled to meet this beacon of light. Saad’s is lucky to have brought this young lady into thier working family and I know that each person that is suffering or who walks threw the door there will be greeted by someone who will not only understand what it is to have to take time to heal but also understands that in the love of God there is infinite patience for nuts that walk in off the street like me or people in need of a wheelchair or a helping hand with thier diabetic testing supplies. Those clear blue eyes will forever be etched in my heart and prayers.
Now the second Beacon I met was a young nurse, her heart held close and her eyes where holding a bit of pain. After I shared my cancer victory with her she said the words’ ” My Mom was just diagnosised with lung cancer!” Well if you have never been on the recieving end of that lovely football you will never be able to comprehend the kick in the gut that it leaves you with that seems to never go away. Well, I shared a bit about my journey and listened as she asked very tactful questions. She is also on a grail quest. She wants to help her mother heal. Now healing is a very different animal then curing. Although I belive both are possible. I also belive that this young nurse is just the person to get the job done. I invited her to write and I would share the diet and plan that slowed my cancer into dormancy. And I would hand out yet another copy of my favorite documentary on cancer that inspires you to go beyond you diagnosis and challenge yourself to not live as a sick victim but a brave cancer solider. By the way if you have not see Kris Carr and Brian Fassett’s movie Crazey Sexy Cancer get it… it will change how you feel about whatever your dealing with in your life. And the book that goes along with it has tips and reciepes that can change you into a super healing machine. So this young girl renewed my burned out booty and reminded me to get moving, get back to work, spread the word. That is what I do. So I am back… even while Basic Missions is in transistion.. that young girl is the whole reason I do this job. To let people know there is a better way to handle cancer then the burn, poison and cut mentality of today. Now if your doctor tells you to get it out. Do it… I am not recommending you go against your doctor’s advice. I am advocating you take control of your fifty percent of the work and get on the right diet, move your body, detox from the meds and make a better life. So thank you little one. You will soon graduate into teaching status and I cannot wait to keep up with you. My prayers are with your Mom her battle has just begun. I pray it is an easy one and I belive God is in all things. May he be with you both.
The third person I met was a young father and husband. He was so sweet. He explained how he loved to cook and we laughed about how grills were as essential to men as shoes are to women. I hope he gets his Father’s Day grill I have a feeling he deserved it. It was funny that within twenty minutes you could tell that this young man was a stand up father……..the kind that Oprah would even have approved of. He was young and working his heart out and ready to go home and cook something wonderful for a young wife that he couldn’t say enough wonderful things about. She works hard, she is lovely, she is a good mother. How often do you walk into that. In my life, not often, so he deserves is status as beacon.
All three of these young people made a mark on me. And I cannot wait to run back into Saad’s when I am back in town. If you live in Mobile and use diabetic supplies or a company that mails your supplies to you check them out. Look into giving a home town company you business and put some money back into you own city. They supply you with all you need for however many months you prescription is for, they also give you a good dose of courage, a dash of Testimony, and a smile and reasssurance that if this generation is raising the children of tomorrow we will all be alright.
Thank you all for a lovely Saturday that I will not soon forget. Thanks for the help. I have saved a fortune on Duncan’s testing supplies and the bandaids……although quiet fancy work great. And I have been inspired to get my tushie moving I have been hibernating long enough.
Many Blessings.
Callie Broussard-Wheeler
(Mojo and Duncan dying eggs last year)
The Practice of Soul Tending puts us in a place to be transformed by God’s grace. God uses our skill set and our practice like a tennis coach uses a practice to fine tune a players game. God uses your spiritual practices to fine tune your “life game”.
Debbie and Precious Samantha