Nice to be back in Minneapolis, getting organized for the next week of surgery and recovery. A couple people have been in touch, saying they'll be thinking about me tomorrow, which makes me scream "It's not tomorrow!!!"
But tomorrow it will be tomorrow.
Last night I forgot to bring my headphones up for my pre-sleep listening of my mindful meditation recording, so Bob got to listen, too. It's a soothing woman guiding deep breathing and visualizing a comfortable, safe place...and eventually I'm instructed to picture the operating room, and calmly observe a capable team performing the surgery, which goes exactly as it should.
Bob heard something different, but delivered in the same, slow, soothing voice. "Imagine yourself...in tremendous pain, pain many times worse than any pain you've ever experienced..." It was super helpful that he shared that.