Before my recent surgery, I was jittery, and I'm not just talking about the day of. One of the ways* I coped the day before was by reading, and totally coincidentally, I actually read something that helped my nerves.
*More to come on the other way I spent the day before.
The main character in this novel has been taken to safety by one of the supporting cast, and he is absolutely freaking out about what's happening at home and what might be happening to his husband, and he drives the other person crazy with his what-ifs, to the point where the other character turns it around:
The scene goes on, but that's the part I used. Every time I felt my mind going down the rabbit hole, I reeled it back in and said to myself, "What if everything's fine? What if the surgery all goes really smoothly and nothing goes wrong and it takes care of the problem? What if that?" And it really helped.
I should let the author know.
Oh I LIKE that!! And needed it recently. So glad you read that, thank you for passing it along.
ReplyDeleteI love this. What a timely passage to find!
ReplyDeleteThe timing really was great! Just when I needed it.
DeleteI need this embroidered on a pillow and put on a really big sign that I can hang up at my home so I remember, WHAT IF EVERYTHING'S FINE?!?! This is something I really struggled with, too!
ReplyDeleteRight? Let the catastrophizing part of my brain be reminded.
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