Friendship – Surgery – Life Lessons and Changes Everlasting

By Patty L. Fletcher

March 7, 2022

Good morning, I hope all are well. Before I go onward, let me say, I mean that. If you’ve got your health, someone who loves you and great people who have your back, you’re truly blessed. I wish that for each of you.

Here, I’m readying for surgery to remove my Gallbladder.

Though I’m nervous and the tiniest bit scared, I’m also realizing my life is once again being shaped by a health issue.

As you know, in 2017 I had some serious health trials. In fact, during that time, I nearly died.

But I found my way back to life, made some especially significant changes and when I came from the darkness into the light, I was a new person.

It took time, effort, and energy to create the woman you see before you now. But I’m here and stronger than ever.

Here we are, in 2022 and I’m once again dealing with health issues and learning more life lessons.

What am I learning?

I am learning…

A true friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway.

We’ve all heard that old cliché.

But there’s no cliché here.

A true friend is someone who leaves work early so they can drive me and my animals to the vet where they will stay until I’m well enough to have them back.

A true friend is someone who blocks out their morning to see that I get safely to and from the hospital so that I may have surgery.

A true friend

is someone who takes the time to come over to my house ahead of time so she can become familiar with Blue thus making it so she can help walk him when he returns home from boarding if I’m not able.

A true friend is someone who is able to give of themselves. Someone who is willing to sacrifice their time, effort, and energy.

Thank you, Christy!

You are a true Treasure!

I’d also like to give a big shout out to the ladies in my community who have said they’re able to help with laundry, litterbox and other things which might come up for me while I’m recovering. There’s a true volunteer spirit here.

Thanks to the ACB Community for stepping up with prayers and support and thanks to the sisters on one of my email groups for having a special prayer.

Thanks to Tori for taking care of the Free to Be Me call and for your friendship.

Thanks to my Polly for texting and checking on me when she is so busy with all she has going on with her six kids, two dogs (One is a puppy) a husband Etc. to care for.

Thanks to my clients for their offers of money and offers of taking on tasks for the magazine when some of them are facing major trials of their own.

As I’ve been going through this, I’ve come to realize who are real and who are not in my life.

There’s nothing like having a health issue to show you who and what you can depend upon.

I’m in some pain this morning, but I must go and start readying myself for the days ahead.

For now, I thank all of you who are here for me, may harmony find you and blessid be.

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About Patty L. Fletcher

Patty Fletcher is a single mother with a beautiful daughter, of whom she is enormously proud. She has a great son-in-law and six incredible grandchildren.

Patty writes with the goal of bridging the great chasm separating the disabled from the non-disabled.

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