I was barely awake when I heard my Mom open the front door to my house. I could hear the rain as I groaned and tried to rollover. Rain has always NOT been a good thing for me, or better yet, it hasn’t been good for me in probably the last 15 years. When she opened the door, a song from my youth popped into my head. Something about the rain and crying. I already did not feel well because my knee threatened to, “pop out” all night! When I heard the rain, it was no wonder that I did not feel well! I had to look that song up because I didn’t know where it came from but I remember being young when I heard it. And all of this blasted rain! I found that song I thought of, it’s about some guy cheating on a girl. It’s not Sunday but is talked about the rain. I did not see the rain, but rather, heard it.
The pain was evident on my face as my Mom helped me out of bed. She asked me where it hurt and my response was a single word. I said, “Everywhere!” She asked me where it hurts the worst and I told her a simple, “my knee.” I thought of one of my Mom’s favorite songs that we have a listened to often as we complete our morning routine. The song I thought of came out when I was five years old:
The Merriam Webster online dictionary cited the second definition of the word menagerie to be, “A varied mixture.“ That is exactly what my pain was! A menagerie of pain! A mixture of MS pain because of the rain and broken knee pain because my knee STILL hurts! The Allure song stayed in my head most of today and not so much the Fleetwood Mac song.
I lit some, “spring smelling” candles to make myself feel better after the rain stopped and thought of my nephew. I texted him a picture because years ago, he’told me that house smelled like candles. It does now! I use PartyLite candles because I am chemically sensitive now. They don’t bother me even with the scent.