I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends...

Hello Friends! 

 So, I missed a week, but had a damn good reason. I hurt myself at the gym - in a MAJOR way. What I thought was a rib out, was really just a super intense pulled muscle, at least that is what the doc thinks. It was the kind of hurt that makes it extremely difficult to breathe, let alone walk. It happened while I was doing a dead lift in one of my group fitness classes. When I came up from the lift, something literally snapped in my back which caused my back to seize up, sent my body into shock, and had me on my ass in seconds flat!! Seriously. That was some INTENSE, scary, and horrible pain! Thankfully my doc put me on some heavy duty drugs last week. This morning I still am tender in some spots, but seem to back on the mend thanks to some really wonderful friends and my mama! 

 I mean, these incredible women picked up my babies from school, cleared their schedule so they could do some bodywork on me, they helped carry me to get in/out of the car, they drove me to the doctor's, then the hospital, they called/texted me around the clock to make sure I was okay. In addition to all of this, my AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL mom ran my roost with ease, a gentle heart, and didn't blink an eye or break a sweat in the process of it all. As soon as I called her to tell her what was going on, she got in her car and was on her way over. How do I ever begin to say 'thank you' to each of you? Thank you for loving my babies when I couldn't. Thank you for staying with me for an entire week, nursing me back to health. Thank you for being so incredibly unselfish when you had enough on your own plate to deal with. THANK YOU.

These women, my dearest of friends, did it all without issue. They did it with love. They helped with a smile. As a whole, they were a well oiled machine! So, today, I'll just make this a personal post and give a great big shout out to those I adore and love. And please know I am so much better and stronger today because of YOU! So, to my Mom, Marce, Michelle, Christie, Miechaela, and Char, my heart is FULL because of you and the unselfish ways you chose to help me last week. It did not go unnoticed. 

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

-Marcel Proust

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

-Paramahansa Yogananda

And a huge 'thank you' comes from my husband while he was away on business all last week. He thanks you for loving me and taking care of me and the boys when he couldn't. If you don't have solid friendships and love in your life, then you have nothing at all. To my friends and my Mama...Thank you and I love you! 

xoxoxo,

Nicole, aka The NorCal Contessa