I am sure some of you are familiar with the popular blogger Nienie, the mother of 4 who got in a plane accident about a year ago with her husband in Arizona. For those of you who don't know of her. Nienie got her husband flying lessons as a gift, but while in flight the small plane crashed killing the pilot and burning both Nienie and her husband. Nienie's husband burned about 35% of his body. As for Nienie she has experienced the worst of it. Having had over 80% of her body burned and has been in the healing process since the accident a year ago. Prior to the plan crash Nienie was known for her blogging skills where she blogged about life, God and motherhood.
After the accident Nienie's blog was put on hold, although her sister would blog about her progress as doctors didn't know if she would make it. Recently Nienie has come back to the blogging world with some of the most touching blogs I have ever read. They never cease to make me cry. Not only are they real testaments of her life still in the process of surgeries and physical therapy they are pure.
The way she blogs is kind of in unfinished thoughts, but still containing full emotion. You know while you are reading it that she truly feels and embraces every part of the stories she tells. From the pain of laying in bed at night to enjoying the smells of her children.
Lately Nienie has been a great strength to me... as I am sure she is to many other readers... although when I read her blogs I feel that I am her only reader and it was written just to me. I feel her pain (which is impossible)... I feel for her... I feel motivated... loved... ungrateful... helpless... blessed... humbled... embraced... taught
One of the things that gets me the most is the picture I have of her in my head. I have still never seen Nienie and there are no pictures posted of her yet as she is still in bandages from the burn scars and surgery scars. The only picture in my head of Nienie is the profile picture of her on the side of her blog. She is wearing the deepest blue shirt I have ever seen and it appears her hair is cut really short that is curly curly by nature. When I read her blogs I see this picture in my head. I can see her sitting at her computer with bandages, splints and guaze wrapped all around her hands preventing her from typing but the joy of blogging is so grate that she does it anyway. I picture that it is late at night with the only light come from the moon in the window. She is sitting at a desk (which in reality is probably her hospital bed) with a blanket on her lap and maybe a few tears rolling down her cheeks.
This is the only picture I have on Nienie and it is only a mental picture. Nevertheless this mental picture of Nienie is one that I love and cherish. This woman truly is something else. She has a power to see miracles in anything. Through her blog she has introduced me this same power. I am truly a better person for reading Nienie's blog. I pray for her health, family and fast recovery.
