I love pictures, all kinds. Pictures capturing majestic birds, pictures capturing my daughter’s joy, word pictures.
swamphag paints an amazing beautiful inspiring picture, sharing her experience with fibromyalgia, pain, and loss of a beloved:
Having FM, for me, is like having one of those awful achy flus all the time. Everything hurts. When it’s really bad a soft light comforter hurts. A shower hurts. I call it ‘losing my shock absorbers’. You know how it feels when you step down a stair and the next step is further down than you had anticipated and it’s made of concrete, how it jars your body hard? That’s what every step is like. Sitting in a chair hurts. A bed can be your enemy.
In another life I hiked, skiied, biked, swam. I remember those days fondly but don’t pine for them. That was another me. And before and after the FM settled in for good thirteen years ago I have been the parent who taught my sons how to ride bikes, who attempted to play basketball with one of them, who coached t-ball, etc.
Read the rest of the post — because it’s truly inspiring to see her picture of overcoming the isolation of pain and loss.
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