I do my best to be reasonable about little messes, but they really do turn me all the way up to 11 instantly. Instead of blowing my top, I usually just shut down. Which we all know isĀ super healthy.
I work with a lot of patients who are having various joints replaced and having parents who have been through it helps me empathize in much the same way that having my Mom make it through breast cancer helped when I worked at the oncology clinic.
Everyone in my family seems to have had their chance to visit this marker now that it’s there, but I don’t know when I will be able to. The trip to Ohio requires enough planning that adding a trip to West Virginia on top of that feels impossible.