This last year has been a difficult one for us all, in so many ways. With the larger issues of the virus and social justice in all its forms, I’ve felt as though I somehow didn’t have the right to whine or complain about my relatively small problems. And yet this year has been one of health issues for me. I feel as though I’ve been on a merry-go-round of digestive issues, and migraines, and chronic back and neck pain. I’ve had pain from head-to-toe at one time or another during this last year. And it’s taken its toll. My emotions are closer to the surface these days because I haven’t felt like myself in a long while.
Last night I awoke to a pounding headache on my right side. I took the prescribed medicine and waited. And then waited some more. Finally, this morning the pain lifted and with it came a kind of euphoria. I am full of energy this morning. It’s easy to be optimistic when there is no pain. I take full advantage of this window of ease. I clean the bathrooms and water the plants and putter around the house. Grateful beyond measure for this small window of light.