We just finished our 4th successful event — Puzzles, Pedals & Pies. For the past few weeks, my brain has been full of details: trying to remember what needed to be done, who needed to be contacted, and checking (okay… obsessively) every day to see if a new team signed up.
Now that the event is over and it was a huge success, my brain is empty.
And when I have an empty brain, it doesn’t stay that way for long. It starts filling up with the most random thoughts and lots of words.
word Wondering
We really do have a funny language. We have words that are spelled the same but mean completely different things – read and read, live and live, bat and bat. Then there are words that are spelled differently, mean different things, but sound exactly the same – their, there, and they’re, one and won, buy, bye, and by. No wonder people get confused.
Over the past few years, I’ve heard more medical terms than I ever wanted to, and I can’t help but wonder why they mean what they mean. For example, why isn’t ‘artery’ the study of paintings? And shouldn’t a ‘terminal illness’ be getting sick at the airport? That makes perfect sense to me.
A few more I have pondered
Shouldn’t an ‘outpatient’ be someone who has fainted?
Aren’t ‘nitrates’ just cheaper than day rates?
Shouldn’t the ‘medical staff’ be a doctor’s cane?
A ‘recovery room’ sounds like the perfect place to do upholstery.
‘Fibula’ feels the right word for telling a small lie.
‘Node,’ just another way of saying, “I knew it.”
And since we all keep secrets, shouldn’t ‘secretion’ mean hiding something?
And finally, all the medications I’ve taken over the past few years come with a long list of side effects. Not one of them has ever said “take twice a day with chocolate. May cause increased attractiveness. May result in extreme sexiness.”
Don’t you think medicine would go down a lot easier if it did?
But maybe, after all the appointments, the planning, and the busy days, what really helps the most isn’t written on a label.
Maybe it’s the laughter we share, the people who show up, the small moments that catch us off guard and make us smile.
Because sometimes, when life feels like a lot…a light heart, a little humor, and something that makes you chuckle might just be the best medicine of all.
— Brandi
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