Balloons
Different balloons. Same occasion, a year’s difference.
My birthday August 2021- I graduated at that point from my recliner, and onto the folding chair, but I was still unable to sit without my donut pillow and the support of my towels.
This year for my birthday, we planned something that Ron and I could look forward to. Something we wanted to do for a long time. Perhaps, some sort of driving force to spur recovery.
The experience was quite sublime.
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I thought I’d spend it on the floor, with eyes closed, shivering with fear, and just… ride it out. No pun intended. But to my surprise, the trip in the clouds was quite uplifting, full of calm and much levity. No pun intended.
3800 ft up in the air, invested in the heaven, was unlike anything I’ve ever done. Opposite to an airplane where one experiences the heights from behind glass, contained within a metal box, in a balloon you are part of the elements. You are riding the winds that deliver wafts of seasonal scents rife with the ripe corn and wheat from fields sere with summer’s heat. You see the horses galloping below, the cows stretching their necks with wonder at the most curious sight. You feel the setting sun on your face.
There were times I never thought healing from Crohn’s was ever possible.
But even after falling on face, time and over again, and through my lowest moments, I pressed on.
There was no other way for me. It’s how I attained remission naturally from Crohn’s.
Though this year I am still very much in the throes of battle with Anorexia, going on 8 months now since reaching out, I plan on doing the same with this disease.
Because clearly, recovery is possible.
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