I have often heard people say “Health is Wealth”. Whilst I did not really disagree, it’s something to which I did not give any thought. Until last week. Ivy, my wife was very unwell and everything changed. It goes without saying that she was the most affected.
For the 17 years that we have been married, I don’t recollect her ever missing work, even when she was unwell. And Freia was having her Board exams. Fortunately since she was reasonably well prepared, and did not need Ivy’s help in her studies she was okay.
Ivy was having some kind of a fever that would be extremely high and then reduce, but would leave her completely drained. She was very weak and had no strength to even get up. Her appetite was non existent. She could not read nor was able to watch TV. Which meant that she was either sleeping or completely bored. And being an active person, who did not know how to do nothing, she did not know what to do with herself.
Her not being well meant that all of us missed her. Whilst we all did what we always did, go to school or work, eat good food, watch TV, it just didn’t seem to be the same. There seems to be a definite loss that does not make Life Fun, when a loved one is not an active part of the activity.
Ivy was not well for just 2 weeks. But it seemed like 2 months to us. And probably 2 years for her. After a week, she started recovering. And life was becoming normal. We all knew that Ivy was now fully well was when she screamed at us, “Why are you’ll watching TV instead of studying ?. Can you imagine we missed that and now we knew that “All is well.”
This was a small insignificant illness, where there was no real difficulty. Yet it played a role in our life. Imagine the pain that people go through when illness of a much more serious variety and of a significantly, sometimes life long illnesses strike people.
We only realize the importance of something, when we no longer have it. We never value our health and are often careless with it. We value money are extremely careful with it. We plan our financials very, very, carefully. I think we got it wrong. We should plan our health even more carefully. And treasure it. And do whatever it takes, to keep it fully fit.
In my book, “Health is Wealth” is probably an understatement.
For the 17 years that we have been married, I don’t recollect her ever missing work, even when she was unwell. And Freia was having her Board exams. Fortunately since she was reasonably well prepared, and did not need Ivy’s help in her studies she was okay.
Ivy was having some kind of a fever that would be extremely high and then reduce, but would leave her completely drained. She was very weak and had no strength to even get up. Her appetite was non existent. She could not read nor was able to watch TV. Which meant that she was either sleeping or completely bored. And being an active person, who did not know how to do nothing, she did not know what to do with herself.
Her not being well meant that all of us missed her. Whilst we all did what we always did, go to school or work, eat good food, watch TV, it just didn’t seem to be the same. There seems to be a definite loss that does not make Life Fun, when a loved one is not an active part of the activity.
Ivy was not well for just 2 weeks. But it seemed like 2 months to us. And probably 2 years for her. After a week, she started recovering. And life was becoming normal. We all knew that Ivy was now fully well was when she screamed at us, “Why are you’ll watching TV instead of studying ?. Can you imagine we missed that and now we knew that “All is well.”
We only realize the importance of something, when we no longer have it. We never value our health and are often careless with it. We value money are extremely careful with it. We plan our financials very, very, carefully. I think we got it wrong. We should plan our health even more carefully. And treasure it. And do whatever it takes, to keep it fully fit.
In my book, “Health is Wealth” is probably an understatement.
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