Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: surgery

  • 5 Pounds

    Sacred Stories

    He came home from the hospital with a strict “no lifting anything over five pounds” until after his post-surgical recheck that was still a couple of weeks away.

    In a few days, as he gained some strength, he wondered aloud how much his guitar weighs.

    His wife carried the guitar into the bathroom, sat it down, stepped on the scale.

    Stepping off the scale, she picked up his guitar and stepping back on she calculated the difference.

    His guitar — a treasured (and VERY generous) gift from his life-long music buddy — weighed in at exactly 5 pounds!

  • Boston

    Sacred Stories

    Coming into the waiting room to see her client out of the building, she discovered a woman looking around.

    “May I help you?” she inquired of the woman.

    The woman responded, “I thought you had a book store here. I am looking for a book about preparing for surgery.”

    “Oh, we don’t have a book store any more, but I am the one who is trained in that program. I have written an e-book called Imagine Healing.”

    cover Imagine Healing e-book

    “I am glad to work with you,” she continued.

    “It is not for me, it is for my daughter.”

    Assuring the woman she would be willing to work with the daughter, the woman replied. “She does not live here. She lives in Boston.”

    Her response to that? “I am flying to Boston tomorrow!”

    Synchronicity was first explained by psychiatrist Carl Jung. It is the wonderful feeling of knowing you are in the right place at the right time.

  • Kitty Cat Love

    She received a request for prayer support from a friend. Her friend’s partner was facing heart surgery. Before responding to the request, she sat quietly thinking about his upcoming surgery, and holding her friend in love and support.

    As she sat there, she kept having the sense of a cat. When she sent an email back, she included that information.

    “I have an image of you being held by I’m going to say a kitty cat’s love. I have never known you to have a cat, but that’s the image that came through. I love cats, so it’s possible that my joy at their purr would be part of supporting you, too.”

    This response came back: “We had to put down my beautiful 20 year-old cat this winter, who had shiny long black fur & green eyes. And always purr, purr, purred.”
    black cat