Thank you for sharing this! You write beautifully and poignantly. Some of the most simple statements felt profound and inspiring to me, a fellow long hauler. I have had some improvement very recently and I couldn’t verbalize how that feels. I’m seeing traces of myself that seemed to have been hibernating or dormant. It is very much a coming back to life or vibrancy. ❤️
I'm so happy for you, Monica! I hope that the health improvements continue. It's such a sweet feeling when you feel like yourself - like a returning home.
Thank you for your beautiful writing. You bought me to tears. Some days are harder then others. Hopefully, there will be more good then bad days ahead for all of us.
I hope the same! Some days feel light and I feel grateful for every little thing I can do. And then other days are just really, really hard. It helps me to see how very not alone I am in that!
Once again your writing has touched my heart. As I look out my window, I see the oak tree that stubbornly holds onto its leaves each winter. I had not made the connection that I am like that tree. I, too, am grieving those lost parts of me. I have to hold onto the hope that new growth is coming. It’s both hopeful and scary at the same time.
“It’s both hopeful and scary” - yes, I feel this so deeply! Thank you for sharing, Lori. I’m happy you have your oak tree there with you, mirroring parts of your journey.
Hi Lisa... your growth and self care is evident to everyone who follows your journey I’m sure. You’re blessed because you express how you feel and what’s going on beneath the surface so eloquently. My feeling is that we’re all being transformed by this experience rather than recovering from this illness unchanged. I like the butterfly from a caterpillar analogy 🦋
Thank you, and that's a beautiful analogy, Kath! There's a sense in which the caterpillar is in a state of loss and disability while in the chrysalis. It can't move about. It's cut off from the outside world. For a while, it's just formless goop. But that's all part of its growth and transformation.
Thank you for sharing these beautiful words. 🌹
Thank you for sharing this! You write beautifully and poignantly. Some of the most simple statements felt profound and inspiring to me, a fellow long hauler. I have had some improvement very recently and I couldn’t verbalize how that feels. I’m seeing traces of myself that seemed to have been hibernating or dormant. It is very much a coming back to life or vibrancy. ❤️
I'm so happy for you, Monica! I hope that the health improvements continue. It's such a sweet feeling when you feel like yourself - like a returning home.
Thank you for your beautiful writing. You bought me to tears. Some days are harder then others. Hopefully, there will be more good then bad days ahead for all of us.
I hope the same! Some days feel light and I feel grateful for every little thing I can do. And then other days are just really, really hard. It helps me to see how very not alone I am in that!
Once again your writing has touched my heart. As I look out my window, I see the oak tree that stubbornly holds onto its leaves each winter. I had not made the connection that I am like that tree. I, too, am grieving those lost parts of me. I have to hold onto the hope that new growth is coming. It’s both hopeful and scary at the same time.
“It’s both hopeful and scary” - yes, I feel this so deeply! Thank you for sharing, Lori. I’m happy you have your oak tree there with you, mirroring parts of your journey.
Yeah on off days we’re busy transforming from “formless goop”😂 I’m gonna quote you whenever I need too 😂😂
Hahaha, I’ll own it. I am 100% goop right now!
Hi Lisa... your growth and self care is evident to everyone who follows your journey I’m sure. You’re blessed because you express how you feel and what’s going on beneath the surface so eloquently. My feeling is that we’re all being transformed by this experience rather than recovering from this illness unchanged. I like the butterfly from a caterpillar analogy 🦋
Thank you, and that's a beautiful analogy, Kath! There's a sense in which the caterpillar is in a state of loss and disability while in the chrysalis. It can't move about. It's cut off from the outside world. For a while, it's just formless goop. But that's all part of its growth and transformation.