And never have.
When my husband visited a strip club back in 2003, his bags were packed when he returned home. I KNEW that 99.9% of women would disagree with me, think me silly, think me ridiculous, or even insecure. My own Dad defended Chris, as did my brother. But NOT being a politician means that I don’t need to take a public poll before I decide how I feel about something. At the time, Chris worked with a guy I dated — for a minute! — IN THE 9th GRADE. Was THAT guy surprised at my reaction?
Nope. 😊 He wasn’t.
When my midwife and I discussed my decision not to vaccinate my kids (circa 2000) she thought that my decision was a good one. Her one warning: This will be a flag you carry alone… you need to be prepared for that.
Woman, I was BORN & BRED to walk alone. (For the record, I revisited this decision twice, relying — again — only on CDC data vs. non-vaxxer sites, that were NOT available in 2000 in 2012 and again in 2019… and came to the same conclusion.)
I have long believed that what we resist, persists. So when it became popular to join the #resistance, I was hard no…. and was shocked at those those who FORGOT this belief they once taught from the stage.
When it became POPULAR to claim a “grieved status” because I was born with a vulva, I REMEMBERED my core belief that I get to have POWER or PITY. I chose power.
Fast forward to 2020 when I was hit with a pretty devastating health fear. I say “fear” because I felt fine… the doctors began to fixate on a particular set of “issues” and throw around a one-word potential diagnosis. Was I ROCKED?
I was.
For SEVERAL pairs of minutes. lol… I’m human AF.
But then I came back to what **I** believe. About my body and its ability to overcome. I came back to what **I** know about health and threats to health.
This C-word “scare” is still facing me. It has not been resolved. YET I have NOT abandoned my post. I have NOT rejected my core beliefs. I have NOT replaced MY beliefs with the opinions of doctors.
I have made decisions that align with my CORE…
and let me assure you…
EVERY marker is going in the right direction.
EVERY test is proving ME right about MY body.
And I expect a FINAL “you’re good” appointment on September 10th.
Defying EVERY SINGLE “this is how we deal with this” prognosis, suggestion, etc.
It has been interesting seeing people who championed one approach to life, health, business, etc… make decisions in POLAR OPPOSITION to what they sAID they believed in.
It makes me wonder what they REALLY believe… what they EVER believed, because only when you’re challenged do you really see WHAT REMAINS. Right?
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