Yeah, I’ve Had Surgery

Have you ever had surgery? What for?

Yeah, I’ve had surgery.

More than one.

Some of it I talk about. Most of it, I don’t.

It changed things; how I move, how I rest, how I pay attention to my body.

It made me softer in some ways.

I notice other people’s pain now. I don’t assume anything.

You really don’t know what someone’s carrying; what they’re healing from.

That’s something I remind myself of often.