Spring Blossoms In Black And White

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Spring Blossoms In Black And White

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Debra Lynch

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Photograph - Photography

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I wanted to see what my Spring Blossoms would look like in black and white. I am open to hearing comments both kinds, so I know if others see the beauty that I see in these blossoms with and without color.
This past year has been that way for most of us, for me the color was drained out repeatedly, but I am glad that I have a creative mind to help me through the rough patches. It has been a year since my husband passed away, but I still feel his presence occasionally and could swear I hear his slow and steady footsteps throughout the house. That's ok but then everything started breaking down and I found myself in the position without money to pay for all the repairs, that I had to learn to do all the things we hired people to do before.
I learned to paint, do drywall, replace filters, use power tools, and fix things I had no clue on where to start. Thank goodness for youtube.

My family would fuss at me and say wait for someone to come by but the problem with that was no one came by for months on end and things don't wait to be repaired. So, I struggled on and did what needed doing. Sometimes working until 1:30 or later in the morning, then sleep an hour or two and get up and start again.

I finished two bathrooms, decorating one the way I wanted to for years and it turned out beautiful or so people say. I then started on the three bedrooms and was relieved I only had to paint two of them including ceilings. At the end of the two bathrooms and first bedroom I began to have chest pains. My sister happened to be here and insisted I call my doctor, but I was convinced it was a pulled muscle and a little heat and cold and Tylenol would fix it.

The pain grew worse as I finished the main bedroom and finally, I gave in and called the doctor, who immediately said, "Call an ambulance and get to the hospital." Good thing he did, I had had a minor heart attack. This led to a few weeks later after being home and feeling fine to a breathing episode where I couldn't breathe, and my left side had gone numb. Back to the hospital to find out I was having mini-strokes and the copd acerbation.
Which is when I ended up on oxygen and do not like toting this tube around with me and walking around with a rubber hose up my nose as though I am waiting for someone to drain the gas from my tank. :-) I have learned to use humor to get through these times.

So, overall, I have been in and out of hospitals seven times since December. The nurses and hospital staff know me by name now and I have become a legend at the hospital.
It is embarrassing to be taken to the hospital by ambulance and have staff in the ER point out that SHE IS BACK! So, this time we all worked hard together to try ensuring that that would be the last visit for a LONG, LONG, TIME.

As dark as my world was, when during one of the times recently when I had what my mother would call a spell, I went down and couldn't get back up, thank goodness, my sister and friend were with me. My friend knelled to the floor beside me, and I couldn't move. She talked to me and finally I whispered, "Do not call ambulance, call children tell them goodbye and I love them. Please just let me go this time, I'm tired. And then didn't speak another word as the darkness folded over me and everything went silent.

I awoke to see this beautiful girl sitting across from me. She had long black hair in a ponytail and was very pretty. Her countenance was sweet and gentle, and she spoke to me about being calm and was reassuring that everything would be ok. I still didn't understand that we were in an ambulance, but she told me where I was and where we were going and again said, "Everything will be fine." At one point, she said, "Do not be afraid, in a minute you will feel the speed pick up but do not let it scare you." And I wasn't afraid any longer for her gentle and calming demeanor was so comforting that I had calmed down and could feel this calmness flow through even my inner being.
All a sudden the speed went from regular to almost flying but she just gave me a look and gentle smile and I calmed right down. In minutes we were at the hospital, and I was being taken out of the ambulance by two guys. I tried to look back to see the young lady but couldn't get a view of her. Then I whisked away to the emergency room.

My sister came to take me home a few days later and I enquired about the beautiful girl who had stayed with me in the ambulance. She said "Honey, there was no girl, there were only four male EMT's. I insisted there was a girl and she talked to me the whole way to the hospital. Finally, she said, "OH I bet that was your angel." That suits me fine because I know what I saw and heard, and it was as real as a person sitting next to me right now and speaking.
So that is the color that entered my life after the darkness and for which these Spring blossoms remind me of.
I say, "Out of the darkness comes light, color and joy."

I have had my share of darkness this past year, but each time Somone has entered my life to bring joy and color back into it. To all those people who emailed, wrote me, sent cards, and called, I say, "God Bless you and thank you with all my heart." Your messages each came at a time in my life when all I could see was darkness and no way out.
You each have filled my life with color. Thank you for making the darkness lighten up even during the black and white moments. Bless you!

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June 8th, 2021

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