Lived Experiences

Dear Friends,

This past week my older son has been home for his spring break…and one of the fun and exciting things he got to do over his break this year was…wait for it…getting his wisdom teeth pulled.

Now, I don’t know about you all, but when I got my wisdom teeth pulled years ago I was laid up and swollen for several days after said appointment.

Not this kid.  After a nice long nap that afternoon and a bath with epsom salts, he’s been totally fine.  Minimal swelling, taking it a bit easier but mostly up to normal activities.  Obviously his food has had to be modified, but other than that, the rest of his week has looked fairly normal.

He and I were on a walk yesterday, enjoying a spectacular spring day by the creek, and as we were walking I was thinking about how different we all are.  We might have the same or similar outside stimulus, and yet totally different reactions in our bodies and our minds.

But, my friends, just because my son had an easier time with his surgery and recovery, doesn’t make my own lived experience less valid, and vice versa.  We each get to have our own lived experiences.  

I think there are times we have a tendency to diminish our own experiences, or the experiences of those around us based on the erroneous conception that, because our stimulus was the same, our experiences must be also…but I think it’s important to let ourselves and those around us have our own, unique, lived experience.

I hope you have an amazing week, my friend.

Love
Krista