So guys, I’ve been thinking about doing this post for ages, I just wish I’d written down all the little things when I thought of them… because trust me, there’s a lot more than this.
-you get used to people checking up on you ‘are you okay?’ ‘do you need anything?’
– stairs are not.nice.ever. = you get passed by 60 year olds…
– you decide you’d rather have weight loss than weight gain, and then realize how terrible of a person that probably makes you
-traveling loses quite a bit of its appeal when you realize it takes at least a day to recuperate, you won’t be able to keep up with whoever you’re visiting, if the PAIN hits you’re in a new environment/probably won’t be able to deal with it like you need to, faking feeling better than you do is something that just happens, etc.
– you become the person that carries around a mini pharmacy in their purse (and people still wonder why you carry such a large one)
-standing in lines makes you cranky, achy and wonder why you ever leave your house
-Light PHYSICALLY hurts. no joke.
– Sound does too
-you have multiple pill boxes for all your daily pills
-the things your brain chooses to remember is baffling
-going to two or three stores in one trip is EXCITING (yes, the realization of how pathetic this is does dawn on you every time)
-you’ve rarely answered a ‘how are you’ question with ‘i’m great!’
-learning to balance productivity with what your body says is….interesting
Basically, pain takes away your independence. But still we fight, day by day to pretend we still have that independence and inexhaustible energy that someone our age is supposed to have.
I just had this verse pop into my head
“They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:8
~Laura
what would you add to this list?!
the start of a good life 
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