Ok. I kind of knew but I chose to ignore it the past 4.5 months. Back in January or February we had a snug-a-puppy that would sit in the living room next to the couch. Our downstairs has an open floor plan which means it goes in a circle with no doorways. So, as I was walking around the downstairs, I walked past the snug a puppy and it decided to trip me!

snug-a-puppy

In all seriousness, the feet of the snug-a-puppy sit out wider than the actual seat. So, as I walked past, I slammed my foot into the metal rod. I immediately said, I just broke my foot. I even said it to Patrick. I just knew BUT I decided to ignore it and continued to ignore it for the past 4.5 months.

I honestly thought that it would just heal but after such a long period of time and I was still in pain, I decided it was time to go get it checked out. I felt SO stupid telling the doctor…”Well… I think I broke my foot… 4.5 months ago and I want to get an xray”. They kind of stare at you funny. My foot wasn’t swollen, it wasn’t black and blue and so they just nod their head and oblige my request all while thinking I’m crazy.

So I DID break my foot. It was healing, but it wasn’t healing fast enough or the correct way BECAUSE I ignored it for so long. The doctor said, “If you would have come in here when you first broke it, you would have been put in a boot and on crutches.” Since I have been walking on it though, running on it, wearing heels, she was perplexed on what to tell me to do. She advised me to wrap my foot for compression and referred me to an orthopedic doctor to see how we can get it to heal after such a long time.

So, I of course had to think of how can I blog about this? I then thought about how when something is broken in your life, you should probably go ahead and fix it instead of ignoring it. Rather it be miscommunication, sin, anger etc… if it’s broken, if it’s causing pain… ignoring it probably isn’t the best thing to do. If I would have addressed my foot when I first broke it, I wouldn’t still be dealing with pain 4.5 months later. How often do we ignore broken things in our lives in hopes that they get better but in actuality, xyz just continues to cause pain. If there is miscommunication or hurt feelings and we sweep it under the rug and ignore it, it typically still causes pain months later.

I’m really bad about hurt feelings and ignoring them, especially with Patrick. I struggle with having my feelings hurt from Patrick (which is normally me just being over sensitive) and then I hold onto it, sweep it under the rug and then I blow it up later when I should have just addressed it from the beginning, let it heal and moved on.

What in your life has broken? You’ve ignored it? It hasn’t healed? It’s been months and you’re still dealing with the pain from it?

Figure out what you need to do to let xyz heal. Give it time to heal. Then move on.

Happy healing yall.