I really appreciate the first footnote about able-bodied-ness being a temporary state. As I have been lucky enough to grow older, I see that point of view more clearly every day. Hope your wrist feels better soon.
Thanks for struggling through and getting a missive out to us today! I hope your wrist is better soon!
We do take so much for granted. It is a good thing, I think, to suffer a twinge now and then to remind us of the incredible body we live in. Be well and try to enjoy relaxing that wrist!
Oh boy can I relate to this one right now! I haven’t been able to sit for a month. all the things I do mostly involve sitting. So I have to figure out ways to do them, but not overdo and still rest a lot more than I’m used to. Plus do an hour or so of exercises every day to try to strengthen the muscles so I can get back to at least being able to sit sometimes. Which has me thinking about how much more I need to move, and how am I going to do things like writing without sitting too much. I’m thinking of investing in better dictation software for instance. at least I can put lotion on my feet again, put socks on and generally get dressed without it being some kind of crazy dance.
Then on top of it my right thumb has decided to be extremely sore and I’m having to be careful with it too. Arthritis? Maybe, I don’t know this one’s new. Learning to live in an aging body and be gentle and kind to myself. I think it’s a rest of my life practice.
Yikes, Karen! So sorry! Yes, I think we have to learn as we age to be careful custodians of our bodies. When we're young, we can be careless with our bodies with few consequences. But now, our bodies will let us know when we're not taking good care of them, loud and clear!
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Thanks, Betsey!
Thanks,Robyn, for these wise words. Hope your wrist feels better asap!
Thanks so much, Ruth! Me, too!
I really appreciate the first footnote about able-bodied-ness being a temporary state. As I have been lucky enough to grow older, I see that point of view more clearly every day. Hope your wrist feels better soon.
Yes, I thought this was a great insight when I first read it and such a way of disturbing our ideas about what's "normal."
I'm still haunted by what I think was a Twight Zone episode about a woman and a take over vine!
Oh, I could not watch that. I try to have some admiration for the sheer tenacity of vines, but mostly I'm just defeated.
Thanks for struggling through and getting a missive out to us today! I hope your wrist is better soon!
We do take so much for granted. It is a good thing, I think, to suffer a twinge now and then to remind us of the incredible body we live in. Be well and try to enjoy relaxing that wrist!
Thanks, Stephanie! Feeling better already!
Oh boy can I relate to this one right now! I haven’t been able to sit for a month. all the things I do mostly involve sitting. So I have to figure out ways to do them, but not overdo and still rest a lot more than I’m used to. Plus do an hour or so of exercises every day to try to strengthen the muscles so I can get back to at least being able to sit sometimes. Which has me thinking about how much more I need to move, and how am I going to do things like writing without sitting too much. I’m thinking of investing in better dictation software for instance. at least I can put lotion on my feet again, put socks on and generally get dressed without it being some kind of crazy dance.
Then on top of it my right thumb has decided to be extremely sore and I’m having to be careful with it too. Arthritis? Maybe, I don’t know this one’s new. Learning to live in an aging body and be gentle and kind to myself. I think it’s a rest of my life practice.
Yikes, Karen! So sorry! Yes, I think we have to learn as we age to be careful custodians of our bodies. When we're young, we can be careless with our bodies with few consequences. But now, our bodies will let us know when we're not taking good care of them, loud and clear!