About Pain
I wrote this years ago, before I learned that there's still more levels of pain a person could endure. But, the words are still as true today as they were then. ...Let’s talk about pain, shall we? Not the physical one, although that is an interesting topic in and of itself (thanks to my father, I inherited a rather startling pain tolerance level, one that baffles doctors...ooooh. There’s an analogy in this one, too; I’ll get to that another time). Let’s talk about the pain of walking through scary, hard, dark, and troubling times. But. But, let’s talk about our responses to our loved ones walking through them. Not us. Others. These last few months...okay, more than a few...have been scary. Hard. Really, really hard. One of my favorite people, every time I’m truly honest with her about how much has been going on, her response has been a life-giving, “That’s a LOT.” Dear friend. Thank you. It has been a lot. More than this homegirl has wanted to handle. More than she could han