I awakened this morning at 7:00AM with a massive migraine headache. Instead of being smart and taking my favorite medicine, Excedrin Migraine, I decided to try to sleep it off. Those of you who have ever suffered with migraines know this was a BIG mistake.
OK fine. At 9:30AM I decided to try an Imitrex. By 11:30AM I was literally weeping at my kitchen island from the pain, and trying to hide it from everyone. I did manage to get the kids' school assignments for the week posted for them, helped two kids with math and english, scrambled a dozen eggs, and got a load of laundry going.
My sweet husband understands when I get like this. He just corralled all the kids away from me, and left me alone. Finally I did get some relief after I didn't care any more how I got rid of the pain, and took the Excedrin. I wasn't sure if I could do this after taking the Imitrex. Fifty minutes later, I was a new woman. It is amazing how much the lack of pain feels like heaven after a seven hour migraine attack.
During my time in my darkened room, with ice pack on my head and jabbing, throbbing head pain, I found it interesting where my mind wandered. I thanked God that my husband's only day off was today. I thanked Him, too, for five kids who know how to study independently, and who know how to occupy themselves when their chores and schoolwork are done. I thanked Him for the many dear people He's brought across my path over the past two and a half years at our church. I thanked Him repeatedly for the genius who created the aspirin - acetametaphin - caffeine combo medicine.
As I listened to my kids playing with each other, and laughing, I thanked God for the tremendous blessing each one of them has been to me. And even after twenty one years of marriage, I thanked God most of all for my dear husband.
It really seemed strange to me that I would have an attitude of thankfulness during this most miserable attack. Oh well. Regardless, it has caused me to remember all the amazing blessings God has poured out on me.
Typically I like to run through grocery lists, theological debates, physics theories and such in my down-time just for the fun of it. I'm not kidding! But when migraine hits, I usually just beg God for relief. Today was different. Today I ended up thanking God for the blessing of this migraine.
Hey - maybe He is doing a work in me!
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