Today is the final day of the 30 Love Letters project. It is also the one year anniversary of the first pubic joint surgery to fix my osteitis pubis. In an odd, tongue-in-cheek combination honoring both events, I’m writing a love letter to my osteoblasts, the cells that synthesize bone.
I’ve been watching some new animated films with my daughter lately, both streamed at home and in the theater. Animated films have been a part of my life more than the average gal – not only a part of my childhood, but spread out over the years of my own kids’ childhoods, spanning nearly 20 years now. That’s a lot of kids’ movies!
Face down in a messy parenting afternoon yesterday, mentally chanting “I don’t have to, I get to” on repeat, I decided it was time to turn to the yoga mat for some breath and mobility work.
Counter to zooming in, another tool I use for working through long waits is zooming out. Just as zooming in brings me to a centered place of being present, zooming out gives me sweeping perspective. This grand view illustrates to me how short the wait time is in the grand scheme, how tiny my issues actually are, and that there is so much more outside of myself to spend time and energy on. This massive perspective brings me back to center and being present.
I woke up with all intentions of writing “Zoom Out,” the counterpart to yesterday’s post, “Zoom In,” but, I got curious to try something new and I have to share it with you right now! In the words of Eleanor Shellstrop, all I can say is Holy Mother Forking Shirt Balls!
Read on to see what I did…
Zooming in is one of my favorite mental tools for working through long waits. When it comes to healing, multiple times through multiple surgeries, mastering the art of the wait is essential for mental health. Yours and everyone around you.
For Valentine’s Day, 2014, I got a Love Is Art kit for David and me. Pause to check it out so you know what I’m talking about. Always the adventurers, this looked like so much fun for us! While I thought for sure we’d do it right away…
…we finally did it this past November, on our 9th anniversary. In 2020. Why did it take nearly 7 years to do?
Big Tab Three, this is for you. I’m at 5 months post-op with 4 weeks to go until my next appointment to check bone growth. It’s a great day to do a check-in post and share some new progress and plans, namely the Hope Pass crossing my BFF and I have been planning for 2.5 years.
We have set a date…
I imagine you have seen the motivational posters that show an iceberg both above and below water, the ones depicting things like “success”. They show success as what is visible above the surface, and things like hard work, sacrifices, and risks as elements beneath the surface – the invisible parts that support the visible success.
This…
Armed with courage and an empty cup, I did something new over the weekend. I grabbed my Shoe Fairy shoes and took myself to my first ever posing class! I had no idea what to expect, but what was the worst that could happen?