I have been reading though my journal to see what I was thinking and going through at this time last year. When I said I have been thinking of my year anniversary everyday I wasn't kidding. So I have been re-living it all over again but without the pain and anxiety. I really just like to see how far I have come in the last year. I guess it makes me feel stronger and better about where I am in my life now.
Anyway, I found this journal entry and wanted to share it. This is what happend as I checked in for amputation surgery. Here is what I wrote:
October 12, 2010
...So when the woman checked me in for surgery she asked me all my info; phone numbers, address, relatives, etc including 'religious preference'.
I answered 'LDS.' "No" she replied. "We don't have that religion listed." So I said, "Ok. well try Mormon". No.. again it didn't pop up on her computer screen. She then told me, "they just re-did the system. I will just list your religion as 'Other'." Tired, nervous and just wanting to get on with this I almost didn't even argue.
"No," I said.. "Lets keep looking. Try 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'." I watched as she scrolled through a long list of religions and then....
Success! It was on the list.
...So when the woman checked me in for surgery she asked me all my info; phone numbers, address, relatives, etc including 'religious preference'.
I answered 'LDS.' "No" she replied. "We don't have that religion listed." So I said, "Ok. well try Mormon". No.. again it didn't pop up on her computer screen. She then told me, "they just re-did the system. I will just list your religion as 'Other'." Tired, nervous and just wanting to get on with this I almost didn't even argue.
"No," I said.. "Lets keep looking. Try 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'." I watched as she scrolled through a long list of religions and then....
Success! It was on the list.
Can you imagine if something had gone wrong and I needed a blessing from my religious leader and they pulled up my chart and it said "Other". With all the religions she had scrolled through on her computer, I am pretty sure she had every religion listed. So who are the 'Others'??
I decided that I definitely don’t want to leave this earth as an “Other”. There are only two teams you can be on. Either you are on the Lord’s team or Satan’s . And the best part is that we already know which team will win. And it is not the others.
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Well said!
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