More proof that God loves us.

[unknownfate]

The aloe vera plant.

What a wonderful thing that plant is. I burned the bejabbers out of my finger last night. I'll spare you the details. Just know that there is a large and deceptive oven mitt in the kitchen trash can even now.

Long story short, I spent most of the night with my hand in a glass of ice water watching the blister turn white and puffy. My Dad came home, took a look, and marched right back out into -40 windchill to go get me some aloe vera gel.

It worked beautifully. And I was sitting there, rubbing the stuff as gently as I could onto the blisters, feeling the pain fade, and thanking God for blessing humanity with such a plant, and thanking my Dad for trekking through the snow and ice to find some for me, and I had this mental picture of an angel reporting to God.

Angel: Allmighty! They've discovered fire!

God: THOSE POOR NINNIES ARE GOING TO BURN THE CRAP OUT OF THEMSELVES... START PLANTING ALOE VERA SEEDS EVERYWHERE BEFORE ANYBODY GETS HURT.

Angel: Roger that!

Kinda funny that God talks like my Grandma, huh?

Comments

[slayersyrena.livejournal.com]

I hope you're all right! How bad is the burn? Is it just on a small area of your hand?

So aloe vera works that well then? Isn't it great how there's a purpose for everything? (Such as coffee... I thank God for coffee often. I would be a complete zombie without it.)

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

You missed it! Be the time I stuck it in some ice water and made it back to the computer, you had logged off. It's about half my fingertip, wrapping around the fingernail a bit. It hurt like crazy. I was on the phone with katieisbonkers when the oven timer went off and I had to run get the fish out, burned the crap out of my finger and went squealing and crashing all through the kitchen. I went back to the phone and this timid little voice says "I'm just glad you're alive. It sounded like someone had come in and attacked you."

And I said. "Naw, just the blankety-blank pan of fish sticks."

"Did you throw them everywhere?"

"Are you mad?? These are $30 fishsticks!"

[slayersyrena.livejournal.com]

:( I hope it heals quickly. That must be so painful.

Oh GOOD!

[eternal-chimera.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you got straightened out. It sounded horrible!