Tuesday, April 19, 2011

P - Pressure and priorities

Pressure in life builds and then falls away.  Sometimes it comes on suddenly.  Yesterday I was feeling  time pressure with a lot of details needing to be attended to.  But today those details seem irrelevant.  My son Jamie is here for a few days and he has an injured leg that needs attention.  He was in a bike accident and the gear penetrated his leg damaging muscle and Achilles tendon.  It's not healing well and so the details that absorbed me yesterday are no longer a priority.  The pressure now is to get that leg attended to. 
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11 comments:

  1. B's MomApril 19, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    Oh my gosh, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope he heals quickly.

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  2. pamApril 19, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    Oh my goodness. Thoughts and prayers for quick healing.

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  3. RudeeApril 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Pressure and priorities are often related to that other P word--procrastination.

    I hope your son's wound gets the attention it needs and he's soon on the road to healing.

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  4. Stephanie VApril 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Ooh! That sounds nasty - no fun to be out of commission just when the weather turns a little warmer. Hope you get past these pressures with grace and humor.

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  5. angryparsnipApril 19, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    How strangely weird that today's letter was P. Pressure, we all have too much of it.
    I hope all goes well with the treatment and the leg starts healing.

    cheers, parsnip

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  6. anthony stemkeApril 19, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Hope your son heals quickly. Pressure can be difficult to deal with, but you have to try.

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  7. BarbApril 19, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Being a biker, too, I know how fast an accident can happen. Last year, my husband fell and was unconscious for awhile. I hope you son heals with no permanent damage. Good Luck!

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  8. stevenApril 19, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    as a teacher, pressure is a feature of the ever expanding moment. it defines the work by day and by night seven days a week throughout the school year. as a parent, there are pressures but they have different colours and feels. healing a child who is ill or injured. well, i like that pressure. steven

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  9. Karen M. PetersonApril 19, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    It's amazing how quickly priorities can shift.

    Two weeks ago, I had a billion things to get done. Then I had an accident, broke my arm and have basically been sitting around recovering ever since. Not at all what I thought I'd be doing, but so grateful it wasn't worse.

    I hope your son recovers quickly!

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  10. HilaryApril 20, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    So sorry to hear about your son's injury. I hope he's able to heal soon.

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  11. JoannaApril 20, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    Thanks for your good wishes. We're going in tomorrow for an ultrasound to see if the tendon is ruptured.

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