THE SHOWER

October 2, 2009

When I was a little girl, whenever I got sick and started to feel better my mommy would say, "Now that you are feeling better, let's go wash the sickys off." So I would take a bath with lots and lots of bubbles. After the bath I would feel better. My skin would feel soft and new. The ickyness from the sweat of breaking the fever gone, my skin rosy once again. It was a magic cure. As I got older, I moved up to showers to wash away the sickys. It always worked, just like magic. So last night, I finally got to wash away the sickys. My last shower was the morning of my surgery, September 21. Ten days without a shower because of the surgery, the sutures, the bandages; only the sponge bath to keep me "clean". I was anxious to take the shower and yet when the time came, I was hesitant. I stood in the bathroom and peeled off the last bandage from my shoulder incision and hesitated. Would it hurt? the water pounding down on tender wounds? Then I heard the voice of my mother, the voice of 40 years ago, "Time to wash the sickys away, Melissa." So I stepped into the shower and immediately I felt the sickys melting away, the warmth of the shower relaxed every muscle, the steam entered my lungs and brought peace. I stood under the head of the shower for a very long time, just stood there doing nothing. It felt so wonderful. I washed my face, shampooed my hair and then I washed my body. Ah!!!! Gingerly around the incisions, and then my right armpit. UGH! Try having nodes removed from your armpit. The site had been covered with a trans dermal tape, so it was goopy with adhesive, stuck to my armpit hair that had grown out over the 10 days. It was like velcro lifting my arm. EWWW~! So I did the very best I could to remove the adhesive but after the shower, it was still there, not as bad but still there. As I toweled off carefully I felt renewed. My skin once again fresh, rosy and smooth. I LOVE DOVE BEAUTY BARS!!!! Nothing makes my skin feel softer. My hair once again clean and styled in its messy carefree way. My clothing feels better now, my body feels better now, my spirit feels freer now. The last of Mr. Lumpy washed away, down the drain, gone for good. The magic cure, a shower to wash away the sickys.

Nite!

Love and Light!

Melissa