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The Setting…<\/h3>\n

I had just downed a bottle of RED Gatorade when it hit me. I guess the pain from my kidney stone was so severe it made me vomit. And yes\u2014this post is about vomit. I understand if you need to close this out and find a less grotesque method of encouragement, but I hope you hang in here because I want to tell you about the time I threw-up all over the house and my wife had to help.<\/p>\n

The scene was bad\u2014just terrible. I was laying on the couch and jumped up headed to the bathroom when it hit me. The doorway between our living room and dining room was as far as I made it. Pain from the kidney stone became unbearable so when the \u201cepisode\u201d ended I took a pain pill and got in a hot bath. In such pain, I couldn\u2019t do anything but let the hot water relax my body. Eventually, I picked up the phone and called my wife who was at school teaching. Unfortunately for her, she was able to answer.<\/p>\n

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She answers knowing I was home sick, and she hears, \u201cI need help, can you come home. I\u2019m in a lot of pain, and I threw up everywhere and can\u2019t clean it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you need to go the Emergency Room?\u201d she asked. I\u2019d had many stones, so I knew I was doing all that could be done at the moment, and I told her so.<\/p>\n

She assured me it would be ok, and she could take care of it after-school. But I urged her she needed to come home\u2014it was bad. And she replied, \u201cIt can\u2019t be so bad I have to come home now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Hero…<\/strong><\/h3>\n

She ran home at lunch, planning to check on me then head back. But as soon as she walked in to the house, she realized I was right\u2014it was bad. I guess as I made my way to the restroom I tried to cover my mouth. Instead of catching any of the mess, my hand worked a deflector shield. My wife called the school and said she couldn\u2019t come back and then she spent the rest of the evening cleaning the ceiling, walls, door-frame, carpet, tile, tables\u2014basically everything.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s impossible to explain how big of a mess that was, but my wife dropped everything to rescue me (and our home). This was before kids, now six years into \u00a0kids\u2014she has dropped everything\u00a0and cleaned up lots of messes. The second worst mess came at my hand with a kidney stone, too. I got up in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve, dying from a stone. I took some pain medication and got into a hot bath, but failed to turn off the water. It flooded the living room, and soaked all the presents. My mom and wife used blow dryers to dry off each present.<\/p>\n

A Pat on the Back…<\/strong><\/h3>\n

People like my wife, my mom, and so many others who drop what they are doing and come help\u2014even when its throw-up\u2014amaze me. Many of you reading this are not only not afraid of vomit stories, but you also drop everything and help others.<\/u><\/strong> Give yourself a pat on the back. You are a servant. You care. You love others.<\/p>\n

I wish I could be more like that, I\u2019m more of a \u201cwait a second\u201d and then I\u2019ll come help person. So, each of you who have already dropped your task to help someone else or who will drop your agenda before the day is up to help someone\u2014Be encouraged. You are a blessing!<\/p>\n

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