WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT YOU?

What impact will my back problems have on my daughter? I know she hears me talking about it all the time. I try to make it clear that this is my problem, an adult problem that she doesn’t need to worry about. Unfortunately, she takes after my sensitive ways and worries anyway. She prays for me every night at dinner. She asks me if my back hurts all the time. She tells people in her world about her mommy’s bad back. It bothers me that she worries about me so much, but I truly appreciate her concern and love.

When you are dealing with chronic pain, the people who love you hurt as well. They feel for you and want to make it better even though they know they can’t. They help you come up with new ideas that might help. They worry and pray for you. I think it bothers my mom the most. As a mother, it makes her feel awful that she can’t make this better for me.

I have known for a while that you find out who really cares about you during the challenges you face. When something bad happens to you, you find out who will be there for you no matter what. Knowing who really cares about me is another huge gift this experience has blessed me with and I’m grateful for that. Do you know who really cares about you? You’ll find out the next time life hands you a crisis.