06/06/2026
I don’t know why I’ve been given this particular trial, but if I’m being honest, it’s been a hard one.
Losing the use of your dominant hand for 8 weeks sounds inconvenient until you’re actually living it. Suddenly, things you’ve done thousands of times without thinking become challenges. Tying shoes. Opening a jar. Buttoning clothes. Even something as simple as taking a hot, heavy pan out of the oven becomes impossible with one hand.
It’s amazing how much we rely on the things we take for granted.
And truthfully, slowing down has been harder than dealing with the pain in my hand. I don’t do well mentally when my feet and hands can’t run as fast as my mind. I’ve always been a go, go, go person. There are projects to finish, places to be, people to serve, and things I want to accomplish. Being forced to slow down has stretched me in ways I didn’t expect.
I truly believe there’s learning in every trial, but this one has challenged my patience, my independence, and my perspective. Maybe that’s part of the lesson to accept help, to give myself grace, and to trust that my worth isn’t tied to how much I can get done in a day.
I’m grateful that hopefully the surgery repaired what needed to be repaired, and I’m excited about the possibility of not living with daily pain anymore. The 7 fractures were the easy part. 😭Recovery is going to be a long road, but I’m hopeful that the ligaments and tendons were reconnected as perfectly as possible and that six months from now I’ll be back doing all the things I love.
I don’t know why some lessons come wrapped in pain, inconvenience, and uncertainty. But I do know that God has never wasted a trial in my life. Every hard season has shaped me, softened me, and taught me something I couldn’t have learned any other way.
So for now, I’ll trust Him in the healing. I’ll trust Him in the waiting. And I’ll trust that one day I’ll look back and understand why this chapter was necessary.
Until then, I’ll keep moving forward one-handed, a little slower than I’d like, but full of faith that God is still writing something beautiful.❤️