Monday, September 2, 2013

The List

Things I've Considered More Painful Than Labor (aka: I'd rather have a baby than...)




Physical Pain
  • A broken toe
  • My sprained ankle that was so bad the doctor told me it would have been better if I'd broken it
  • Running a fever
  • The Flu (the REAL flu)
  • My tailbone popping out of pace
  • Learning Jasmine on a pole
  • Dancing on my broken toe
  • Shin Splints
  • Dry heaving
  • Almost drowning
  • Root Canal
  • Bone fragment stuck in my gum after wisdom teeth extraction
  • Hangovers
  • Concussion
  • Panic Attacks
Emotional/Psychological Pain
  • Putting Buster to sleep
  • Various break-ups
  • Watching Child #1 Struggle through speech therapy
  • Watching Child #1 struggle in school
  • Putting both my children through surgery of some sort
  • Dealing with uncaring Hospice workers
  • Watching someone I love in pain
  • Seeing my husband cry
  • Seeing my husband afraid
  • Seeing my kids afraid
  • Panic Attacks
  • Having to sit through the 4th Twilight Movie more than once
Things I have done that were more painful/harder/scarier than labor
  • Speaking in front of a large group
  • Standing up for myself
  • Speaking at my father's funeral
  • Listening to others speak at my fathers funeral
  • Watched someone I care about screw up their life
  • Letting my child face the consequences of their actions rather than protecting them from them
  • Killing various large spiders
Perspective matters - no matter how silly it is.

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