Thankful Thursday

It has been a very long two and a half weeks, but the PFH is finally over!!!

I am so thankful that I'm able to go to the grocery store and not have to rush around like a crazy person, grabbing things and throwing them into my cart -- all so I can hurry home before I have a bloody accident.  This afternoon I went to a friend's house for prayer group and I didn't have to worry if I was going to feel that awful gushing feeling when I stood up from her kitchen table.  I'm not totally free from a dependence on personal products (the phrase I've used for years with my daughters), but at least I no longer have to gird for battle 24 hours a day.

I know that menstruation is part of God's good design for childbearing.  I am so thankful that, apart from a bit of a hiccup at the beginning of my active attempts at conception, my cycles served the purpose that God intended them to in respect to conceiving and sustaining prenatal life.  Once G and I moved on from childbearing to child rearing, I would gladly have said good-bye to my monthly cycle, but here I am, 21 years since my last child was born . . . still buying and using personal products.

Only God knows if I'll have another period, but for now, I am very, very thankful that my most recent one is over.