The Brower Bunch

I have so many people comment on my positivity.  I keep answering them that I have no other choice, and REALLY, I don't.  But, over the past few months I have learned a lot.  And to be quite honest, negativity just down right drives me crazy now.    There is SO much to be thankful for.  Even in the most negative situations.  I know that sometimes it isn't easy to see that, but there is something positive in every situation.  I have really started to look for this in all areas of my life a few years ago.  Let me give a small example.  A couple of Christmas' ago, we were putting up our decorations.  I really dislike forming the tree.  For some reason, that is just my job.  When I was standing there, getting scratches from the branches, and doing the tedious work, I was complaining under my breath, and the thought just came to me...."At least you have a tree."   I can't help but try to do that with everything now. ...

That "Someday" will probably be a while down the road though.  Just when I thought everything was over.  Meaning, I thought all my surgeries were done.  All my stones were out and I had nothing to do but heal and work my way back to being ME.  I think everyone had that same thought though. Two weeks ago, I had a successful surgery where my Urologist went in through the holes from the tubes in my back to get to my kidney's to suck out the stones.  He said that he had gotten all of them.  Two days later, the tubes that had been in my body for the past 3 months came out.  I was incredibly emotional that day.  I couldn't believe that I was actually getting them removed.  Since December 2, 2010 I had not been able to take a regular shower.  For a month, I had bags hooked up to them to allow my urine to drain.  Although these tubes saved my kidneys, they were a huge annoyance.  After the bags were taken off, my Doc. wanted to keep ...