DIAMONDS IN YOUR PUDDLE

Gentle encouragement when everything feels like sludge

Good morning,

I had a crappy day yesterday. My IBD came roaring back when I decided to stop taking one of my medications because the bloating it caused me made me terribly uncomfortable. It wasn’t really helping either, at least not enough to warrant putting up with the distended stomach and the other side-effects.

Inevitably my body immediately went ballistic, and despite my determination to stay on the sunny-side of life and writing a poem about my blessings, by yesterday afternoon I was so fed up that I retired into my bedroom and connected with my inner-wounded animal. Once the storm subsided, I fell asleep for hours, woken up by my lovely husband suggesting dinner. 

Honestly, I’m so over food! I know it sounds crazy, but I really am. If I could avoid eating altogether I would. Apart from breakfast! I love breakfast. But this morning I even cut down drastically on that, in an attempt to calm the flare. Ha!

Today’s poem grew out of my inner wounded-animal which nonetheless always reaches for the silver lining.

I hope it speaks to you, and that you find diamonds sprinkled all over your path today.

With love,

Francesca xx

PS: I don't think we will be going to see Simple Minds in concert tomorrow night. Another plan down the drain. When I bought the tickets back in March, I truly believed I'd be well enough to do all kinds of things by now. 

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DIAMONDS IN YOUR PUDDLE: Gentle encouragement when everything feels like sludge


Maybe you stumbled today,
sweet pea,
and heavy darkness
muddies your sparkle.

If it feels like you’ve spent
every last penny of courage,
and despair has tossed you 
face down in the puddle of your impossibilities,

Know this: 
You are not required
to constantly present your radiant
sunny-side up.

Especially if
your forecast
is raining spanners. 

Forecasts change.

And maybe -
just maybe! -
there are diamonds in that puddle.

Otherwise, there's this poem...



Illicit Croissants At Dawn: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A gem in today's filtered world. Francesca's writing is transparently refreshing and a joy to read. She teaches us to keep challenging ourselves even/especially while being challenged. Her poems written with quirky humor and humility are a blessing for us all - Martha, Switzerland