My Mum came out of hospital yesterday after being rushed in to St James' with a temparature last Sunday. Thankfully it wasn't coronavirus and she is now back home and on the mend. To say that the hosptal was busy would be an under-statement. For an elderly lady with advanced dementia, it must have been quite an ordeal. In strange surroundings, with noise and chaos and being one of a multitude of mask-wearing strangers, her fear and confusion is painful to think about. And yet, the saints who work for the NHS, took it all in their stride and nursed her back to health, regardless of the extra dementia care necessities.
We will all have stories to tell, both good and bad, of our experiences of hospitals and nursing staff. Yet there is no denying their bravery and commitment as they work tirelessly on the front line of the pandemic crisis. My friend's son, a nurse, is living apart from his family at the moment, not just to protect them but so he can give 100% to the NHS. And he isn't alone - all over the world, medical staff are doing the same so that they can be there for the sickest amongst us.
Last night at 8pm, the nation was asked to stand at their doors and give applause for the NHS and care workers. Being a bit of an introvert (according to Myers Briggs!), personal/public shows of display isn't something that comes naturally to me and so at 8pm, I went to the door...and listened...and all around this small town of Settle, people were applauding. It was emotional to stand in unison... apart and yet connected!
Apart and yet connected...it is how I feel each time I say Daily Prayer...each time I take the body and blood of Christ... each time I read words from the Bible. We are in Communion with Christians all over the world - part of the body of Christ.
We will all have stories to tell, both good and bad, of our experiences of hospitals and nursing staff. Yet there is no denying their bravery and commitment as they work tirelessly on the front line of the pandemic crisis. My friend's son, a nurse, is living apart from his family at the moment, not just to protect them but so he can give 100% to the NHS. And he isn't alone - all over the world, medical staff are doing the same so that they can be there for the sickest amongst us.
Last night at 8pm, the nation was asked to stand at their doors and give applause for the NHS and care workers. Being a bit of an introvert (according to Myers Briggs!), personal/public shows of display isn't something that comes naturally to me and so at 8pm, I went to the door...and listened...and all around this small town of Settle, people were applauding. It was emotional to stand in unison... apart and yet connected!
Apart and yet connected...it is how I feel each time I say Daily Prayer...each time I take the body and blood of Christ... each time I read words from the Bible. We are in Communion with Christians all over the world - part of the body of Christ.
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit."
1 Corinthians 12: 12-13
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