Bible Therapy

Anyone who knows me can testify it's been a hard year. It didn't start in 2026, the fun began in 2025 when I received the surprise phone call from my son that he had randomly joined the Army. Then he told me he was coming home to live until he left for boot camp. My first thought was, "Why the Army???" My whole family tried to push him toward the Coast Guard or Air Force.

Doesn't matter now. Anyway, when he moved home in October He brought along our dog and his new rescued addition to our family...a Belgian Malinois named Macy. I think, the song Wild Thing was written about her! To be a dog mom, I immediately took over administering drugs to our aging doggo with a heart condition, Shelby. That way they would get used to their new routine in my house before my son left.

I've always been a good nurse to the sick in our family so it was a natural fit. Which fit in with our next disaster. My mom had open heart surgery in March days after my son left for boot camp. I felt like I was squashed by grief by my top and bottom. The top being my mom, my bestie in a life-threatening situation and my bottom, my son leaving. Of course, war had to break out after he left just to test the strength of my ticker!

Thankfully, before he left I asked my son what I could do as my "boot camp" to show support for his decision. He said, "You should dig in spiritually." I thought that was a great idea! Then, I had to figure out the "how". The thought came to me to read the Bible cover to cover over his duration in boot camp. I would have Bible boot camp. That had to be a God thing because that was the smartest answer in the room. No therapy necessary! For 7-weeks and 2 days I was reading page by page about the God who holds me together. Story after story of where my faith comes from.

Now here we are. Mom is progressing nicely from her surgery and my son graduates in 3 weeks! We've all made it and bonus! I got to hold onto my sanity. Next blog I will talk about my eye-opening, heart-thumping 22 chapters a day experience that held my world still while all the drama revolved around it.