Today is Proeun’s first day back to work after throwing his back out a week ago Saturday. That first weekend was really a scary experience for us as nothing that severe had happened to either one of us. Then of course you feel really vulnerable, like anything could throw your back out. I remember when I broke my leg in High School playing soccer. It was hard to mentally recover from the injury because I just felt so weak for so long after it.

Luckily Proeun is a strong guy and through analyzing what led up to the incident together and with the help of his chiropractor we are working on a plan to heal, strengthen and move on.

As the only healthy adult in the house for the past week it has been difficult to take on extra duties, especially while dealing with morning (all day) sickness. At least it gave me an opportunity to be thankful for my health. One thing that we are trying to do as a family is look for the positive in every situation in this one they include–enhanced appreciation of health, oodles of quality time, practice being a servant for me and the children, knowledge that you are loved no matter what condition you are in for Proeun (and I suppose for me and the children as well since we know daddy would do the same for any of us), appreciation of a good job with lots of sick time.

We need to be really careful for the rest of the year however and save up a bit of that time for the birth coming in October.  I am also thankful for the opportunity to return to a more normal schedule.