(Not So) LoveStoned

Life is weird. One minute I’m making a poster for my OG celebrity crush and the next I’m collapsed on the floor in crushing pain. After a little testing, it turns out I had a kidney stone! YAY! Who had that on their Furniss bingo card??

It’s so weird that life chugs uneventfully on most days, and then two out of three fun plans scheduled this year get derailed by random medical emergencies. Liiiiiiike why, Lord? WHY.

But hey. It was treatable. I’m okay. Flummoxed, but okay. I don’t know if I have any pearls of wisdom to share after yet another “REALLY?!” 2024 event. But I guess I’ll just say, take the joy where you can find it. I thought I’d find it at a concert, but I ended up finding it in the people who surrounded me when I was at my lowest.

I found it in my sister dropping everything and coming over. I found it in my parents stress-cleaning our house as they cared for our kids. I found it in the friend who drove to the hospital to pray for us. I found it in Jasper dancing around my bed in an attempt to impersonate JT (it was as endearing as it was pitiful). I found it in loved ones sending food and gift cards and check-in texts.

I found it in a lot of small stuff. But I’m kinda realizing the small stuff is all that really matters. I know I am loved and covered when everything goes to crap. My people have my back. And it makes the hard stuff a lot more bearable knowing I don’t have to bear it alone.

Also, Justin Timberlake, if you’re out there and you wanna throw two pity-VIP tickets to a future concert this way, my kidneys promise to stop being so *selfish*.