Love heals?

If I hear that somewhere, I would mostly dismiss it thinking, “oh yeah I have heard that one before.” Having experienced it in a very small instance, when I least expected it, I now realise it is true!

I always shy away from what’s app group updates which involve discussing someone’s child’s health in detail. The reason I do that is because it works into my psyche. I ask myself, why do people go into so much detail when someone asks.

That was before my son fell ill with a bad viral flu. I did not realise that I had been building up anxiety inside of me. I was trying to look calm on the outside so that he would be calm and the recovery process would take place sans anxiety.

Since he missed school, I had to ask around for notes via What’s app. Life is so much easier now than what it used to be when I was young. Missing school back then meant, physically going to someone’s house to get notes. If you don’t have anyone living close by, well God help!

Thankfully now we have what’s app and I have lovely moms who are more than happy to help with notes. They know what it’s like to have a sick child at home. But when someone asks with concern, I find myself rattling off about his condition at that point of time. To my utter surprise, it made me feel better telling someone about it. It felt like I am releasing something. Of course, I let off steam from time to time talking to my adorable family, but that did not have the same impact. Telling few friends over what’s app felt rejuvenating. I wonder why. The only reason I can think of is that it helped because that love was unexpected and came from people whom I don’t know very closely. It felt good. It brought positive vibrations, the mind felt happy and everything fell into place.