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“PAIN IS SUBJECTIVE Not all wounds are visible. Not all tears can be seen. Not every pain can be obvious. Not all scars can be vanished. Not all broken hearts can be noticed. Not all situations can be forgotten. Not all broken bones can be mended. Only God our healer who can help us with pain.”

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“I have another scan this week," I say lightly, hoping to reassure my loved ones that it is safe to rejoin my orbit. There is always another scan, because this is my reality. But the people I know are often busy contending with mildly painful ambition and the possibility of reward. I try to begrudge them nothing, except I'm not alongside them anymore. In the meantime, I have been hunkering down with old medical supplies and swelling resentment. I tried— haven't I tried? — to avoid fights and remember birthdays. I showed up for dance recitals and listened to weight-loss dreams and kept the granularity of my medical treatments in soft focus. A person like that would be easier to love, I reasoned. I try a small experiment and stop calling my regular rotation of friends and family, hoping that they will call me back on their own. _This is not a test. This is not a test._ The phone goes quiet, except for a handful of calls. I feel heavy with strange new grief. Is it bitter or unkind to want everyone to remember what I can't forget? Who wants to be confronted with the reality that we are all a breath away from a problem that could alter our lives completely? A friend with a very sick child said it best: I'm everyone's inspiration and and no one's friend. I am asked all the time to say that, given what I've gained in perspective, I would never go back. Who would want to know the truth? Before was better.”

Pain Grief Sick Cancer Sickness Diagnosis Chronic Illness Chronic Pain Diagnosed Chronically Ill

Book:No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

Source: No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

“I think every parent has some moments when they say to themselves, If I could take my child’s pain away and make it mine, I would make it mine. But I have no right to take your pain away, because it’s yours.”

Pain Parents And Children

Book:Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Source: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

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