Can you hear me now?

Yesterday I began feeling the effects of a head cold. I took extra Vitamin C and Garlic tablets, drank 3 cups of hot tea (Organic Green), had chicken noodle soup for lunch, and finished it off with a Mexican food dinner. If a chili relleno, hot sauce and sopapillas (not mixed together!) doesn't make me feel better, I don't know what would. I even had a nice long soak in a bathtub filled with hot water and bubbles. I think I caught it before I got really sick, but meanwhile I feel like somebody stuffed 100 cotton balls into my nasal passages and in my ears. No amount of swallowing seems to be clearing my ears. And to think, my hubby lives like this all the time. Craziness.
I realize how much I take my health for granted. I do invest in my health, believing wholeheartedly that I can pay for supplements now or pay for it later in doctor's bills. Sometimes though, we can't prevent sickness or disease. We just have to trust the Great Physician for our healing. Sometimes He uses those very sickness to heal our hearts and souls, from the inside out. I am thankful that He has blessed me with good health, and the means to take care of myself. For medicines, doctors, and hospitals that I can easily access when I need to. So much of the world has no access to health care. When my mom was a little girl in Guatemala, she had asthma and one inhaler that had to last her for a very long time. She would be gasping for air but could only take a small puff because it had to last. I have so much to be thankful for. Head colds and all. Meanwhile, pass the DayQuil.

Have a great day my friends.