January 9th gratitude

Today, I am thankful for sun glasses and that it was a sunny morning and I needed them.  I am thankful that several lanes have opened back up on the interstate where construction has been going on for nearly a year--the end is in sight.  I am thankful for the cellphone that a patient who is on the ventilator used today to be able to text to me what he wanted to say since he couldn't speak.  I am thankful for pen and paper that another ICU patient who is mute used to communicate with me.  I treasure the effort these patients put into being able to communicate with me and the trust they placed in me as they shared their concerns, as well as, their statements of faith in God even in the midst of their trials.