Comments on: It is the effort that counts http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/10/13/it-is-the-effort-that-counts/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:06:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Marion http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/10/13/it-is-the-effort-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Marion Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:16:41 +0000 http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/?p=165#comment-459 Barbara... I also have found that digging in my garden has become such a joy for me. I was in the medical field for 18 years and I can remember mostly in the Spring how I wished I could be home to plant and enjoy my flowers and gardening! Will..now I'm blessed to be alive and everyday I'm outside digging in this blessed gift of my garden and being alive!! Barbara…

I also have found that digging in my garden has become such a joy for me.

I was in the medical field for 18 years and I can remember mostly in the Spring how I wished I could be home to plant and enjoy my flowers and gardening!

Will..now I’m blessed to be alive and everyday I’m outside digging in this blessed gift of my garden and being alive!!

]]> By: Heidi http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/2009/10/13/it-is-the-effort-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Heidi Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:38:04 +0000 http://brainstorms.brainaneurysmcenter.org/?p=165#comment-54 I had my rupture in the Fall. I too, garden. I was unable to put my garden to bed properly after I got home. I was out in the garden, all bundled up, with a cane at my side to keep me steady and watched my fiancé do what I had wanted to do myself. It was hard to give direction and just sit there. The next spring, on my first real trip out to the garden (sans the cane this time) I was suddenly overcome and overwhelmed with unexpected emotions. I might not have been able to see my peonies start to sprout up through the soil. I'm so lucky to be able to experience the reawakening of my garden for another year and experience another Spring. Lucky to be alive, just like these new sprouts survived another cold Maine winter. I still get very tired when I garden and I don't do as much as I used to, but I still enjoy it especially knowing I'm simply HERE to bring life to plants and nurish them as my Dr's did with me. Thank you for sharing your story. I had my rupture in the Fall. I too, garden. I was unable to put my garden to bed properly after I got home. I was out in the garden, all bundled up, with a cane at my side to keep me steady and watched my fiancé do what I had wanted to do myself. It was hard to give direction and just sit there.

The next spring, on my first real trip out to the garden (sans the cane this time) I was suddenly overcome and overwhelmed with unexpected emotions. I might not have been able to see my peonies start to sprout up through the soil. I’m so lucky to be able to experience the reawakening of my garden for another year and experience another Spring. Lucky to be alive, just like these new sprouts survived another cold Maine winter.

I still get very tired when I garden and I don’t do as much as I used to, but I still enjoy it especially knowing I’m simply HERE to bring life to plants and nurish them as my Dr’s did with me.

Thank you for sharing your story.

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