The other day, I was feeling so well that I decided to clean and decorate my bathroom for the spring, even though it was still winter. Since I purchased a wall and baseboard cleaner mop, I started with the walls.

I never used a mop to clean the walls or ceiling. The extendable handle made cleaning the ceiling and walls less demanding.

As I cleaned the walls with my mop cleaner, my sciatic nerve began bothering me. I wanted to ignore what was happening to me, but I could not.

I was angry with myself; after all, it’s my body—why couldn’t I control it?! If it’s not joint and muscle pain, it’s my sciatic nerve, a headache, chest pains, or other stuff.

The Pain in my lower back began to exacerbate, so I put the mop down. I called my grandson to come over and finish cleaning the walls.

I laid down in bed while I waited for him, but it was a challenge to get comfortable because, at this point, my right hip was messing with me.

Sometimes my sciatic nerve bothers me so severely that moving around becomes a problem. I’ve read that walking is good for the sciatic nerve, but that’s not for me; too painful.

After my grandson left, still in Pain, I laid back down, and while in bed, I began to think about how amazing my life was. LOL! No, really. As I laid back down, I silently complained about my illnesses. I knew feeling sorry for myself was wrong, but at that moment, I didn’t care; my body was in distress!

However, I can’t stress enough that despite my medical issues, I will always be grateful to God because things could be worse.