Daisies Sprouting

A message from Jeannette: So here I am in a chair for hours, awaken suddenly by some unknown noise that turned out to be the patient next to me snoring. I was in such pain with a nose bleed, sore mouth, black and blue veins that I wanted to scream. By now even the thriller with serial killers I was reading sounded predictable. I was contemplating complaining about the dreary German weather, having not seen any sunshine nor flowers since my arrival, till I looked around the room and all of sudden it reminded me of a time when my children and I were in Beijing 5years ago in the train station. Those of you who has been to China knows that there is no such thing as personal space; you are lucky if only one person steps on you, usually there are many more on all sides touching, sitting, pushing especially in a train station. The train was late, since there was flooding and so many trains were canceled. When ours arrived, the riders were running away from doom like an exodus from a refugee camp. Millions of feet shuffled forward toward the platform, I though I was going to be human squeezed juice for the day. Well we bought $100 ticket each for a sleeping cot since it was a 20 hour trip from Beijing to Guiling. As a family, we kind of complained about the small size of the cots till we noticed that in the first several cars people bought $1 tickets for standing room only, then there are those better off that paid $2 for a sitting one, and there they stay standing or just sitting for 20 hours or more… I thought wow, what happens to these souls when they are sick, would they be lying in a leather covered chair watching TV, reading novels or just dying alone on the road somewhere.
This time I looked around carefully and noticed that most of the patients with their mouths open producing the melodious snore looked so much at peace. I hope wherever their loved ones are they can see them at rest and in the best of care. I also remember all of your thoughts and prayers, that I am loved and prayed for. Somehow the flowers that grow from human kindness are more beautiful than anywhere outside. I can even imagine the daisies sprouting from the patient next door’s open mouth. At that thought, I started laughing so loud that the nurses looked up and checked their records probably wanting to make sure I was on a correct infusion and not some laughing gas. Everyone around me seems to be sprouting flowers, I love it! So I guess I will lie down and open my mouth and let everyone knows that I am also at peace,,,,,and let my daisy sprout.
When you pray for me please includes all those in need. Back to snoring, and maybe boring serial killers.