Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Day One Thousand and Forty-Five

The DL: Round Two


This should be a picture of Adam's hotel room in Iowa.
But, it's not.
Because that bed's in a hotel…in Jupiter.
Adam was flown to Miami at 6AM yesterday morning for a scheduled appointment with the doctor at 2PM. They took him through tests and MRIs and again, have inactivated him and placed him on the Disabled List. For the second time this season. His arm just isn't right.

With so many emotions running through my head and not enough energy to fully explain what's happening or why, all I can say is that we're fine, but sad. And frustrated. And disappointed. And confused. This season has been a challenge unlike any other. Adam's neither experienced an injury or such failure in baseball, and though we have our feet firmly planted in the grace and truth of Christ, it's still hard.  

We have a lot of decisions to make in the next few days. It looks like I'll be driving to Jupiter on Friday morning and possibly looking for a rental earlier than expected? That is, if the crazed trade deadline rumors circulating every publication out there aren't true. 

Advise for the lonely, slightly emotional, a little worried baseball wife who hasn't seen her injured - er, whatever he is - husband in a week:
Don't Google his name the day after he goes to the DL at the end of July. You might want to. But you'll regret. Especially after you find some trade rumor that has the potential of uprooting your already temporary-home life. It'll probably make you cry. Especially because you're already emotional. And the tears: they'll be the sloppy kind. Hey, just a fair warning! Because, I may have experienced that recently…and though they tell you not to read too closely into those things, well, it's baseball and nothing's ever a sure thing. So, plan what you can and always have ice cream in the freezer, just in case. (I made that up. We've never, in one thousand and forty-five days, had a half-gallon of ice cream in our freezer. Never. Dang husband. But I think that needs to change. For safety comfort reasons.) 
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DL or not. Trade or not. (Ice cream or not). God's always provided. Always offered hope. Always shown grace. He's always given us community and never left us without. His faithfulness will never change. No matter where in the world he places us. Sometimes I have to remind myself the truth of our purpose: to enjoy and glorify God wholeheartedly and to share the Gospel wherever we are. And wherever really does mean wherever.

 All that to say, there's a whole lot going on right now and we would appreciate any prayers.

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