Recently, like so many of us, I came down with a “mild” case of COVID (which was still pretty awful). After thinking I’d recovered, I then found myself in a state of chronic illness with the “long haul” variety.
Unfortunately, as a result of that experience, I’ve come to remember what it’s like to be sick in our society. How few people genuinely know how to show up and be supportive, even when they are loving and have the best of intentions.
To be fully honest, until I became chronically ill at the ripe old age of 26, I had no idea how to do this, myself. When someone we care for is unwell, we may genuinely wish to help them, and truly believe we have all the perfect answers.
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