Easter Healing

 I was thinking the other day about Easter 2020. It was a crazy, scary, unpredictable time. Easter Sunday came and then that night, I had a huge bout of anxiety. I was so afraid, I couldn't sleep. I kept hearing sounds below my room that felt magnified in my fear and uncertainty, and my restless mind. I had really bad insomnia. Even the evening time would stir up anxiety, as I knew bedtime and nighttime were quickly approaching. 

It was not only exhausting, as I was barely getting any sleep during the nights, but also depressing, and discouraging. I felt so triggered, and it was hard to get out of it. That lasted for a month. I believe Our Lady healed me, as I felt so trapped and helpless. 

One of my sisters was praying for me, specifically to Our Lady of Good Health and mailed me a prayer for it. I think prayer and humor went very far to help and heal (the night I slept the most soundly and peacefully in weeks was when I watched the Disney movie Mulan and couldn't stop laughing). When I woke up that morning, I realized I had slept the whole night and truly felt healed. 

I think of that time and realize how much the enemy wanted me to focus not only on myself, but also on my fears, and anxiety to control me, lose my peace and bring me down, especially during the Easter season- a time of joy and hope! Easter is such a blessed and joyful time, and so many ways to make it so. Though those weeks felt intense and a never ending of severe insomnia, I see the power of God, and Our Lady to answer prayers and to heal.