The subject of body image and dealing with pain have been at the forefront of my week. I’m fine by the way, but sometimes we have to deal with pain and suffer for a while.
This week I was reminded that I am grateful I’m not sick often and rarely have to visit hospitals. Kind and attentive nurses cannot counterbalance the cold sterile rooms and that terrible moment at two in the morning when you wake and realise you’re alone and not with your family and not in your own soft bed.
And you don’t want to hear children crying, or those words “you’ll have to stay another night”, or “out of 1 to 10 what is your pain score?” and you cry “eight!” because right then and there it hurts that much.
And just when I was feeling sorry for myself I found this video and it made me realise my pain score was thankfully now zero and that there are plenty of other scores I needed to be keeping.
Stephanie and I don’t share the same beliefs but I still enjoyed this video. It was so beautifully made and I loved her message of the joy of motherhood and love.
