{"id":6607,"date":"2014-06-21T15:47:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T19:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2014-06-21T15:47:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T19:47:56","slug":"tiptoeing-tentatively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/06\/tiptoeing-tentatively.html","title":{"rendered":"Tiptoeing Tentatively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/files\/2014\/06\/onefoot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6608\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2014\/06\/onefoot-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"onefoot\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If circumstances were different, I would be dancing into a Solstice celebration tonight. I was invited to three events that all involve music, fun, friends, food and a tribal welcoming in of the longest day of the year that heralds Summer in the Northern hemisphere. As joyful as that all sounds, instead I am lying in bed, propped up with pillows, continuing my recovery process. A week ago, I got sprung from the hospital and did my best to live a scaled down version of an otherwise over the top insanely busy life. I have slept and wept, been driven places I would have easily transported myself to and been driven crazy by my own self critical thoughts. I have felt easy and queasy. I have allowed myself to be taken care of by family and friends, when, fiercely independent, would have balked at it before. I have taken a long look at the steps I took to arrive at this place and have written about it in previous\u00a0 <a title=\"Bliss Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\" target=\"_blank\">Bliss Blog <\/a>entries this past week. Each one peeled off another layer of denial and bringing forth awareness of my next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Like many survivors of cardiac events, I am called on to be attentive to physical sensations, so I am noticing every little twinge and tweak. Since my sister went through this experience last year, I ask her copious amounts of questions. Since a close friend is a nurse, she too is a go-to person for questions that may seem silly on the surface, but it is untrodden territory for me. On top of that, my insurance company has assigned me a nurse\/coach and I will begin cardiac rehab in a few weeks. Team Edie seems to be growing exponentially. Weird for a woman who is the cheerleader for others, is now surrounded by them. Maybe I always was and just didn&#8217;t realize it.<\/p>\n<p>Since this is a new adventure for me, I find myself being hesitant and not self assured as is my M.O. \u00a0Am I doing too much?\u00a0 Not enough? Just right?\u00a0 A Goldilocks dilemma if ever there was one. Who is this woman who is tiptoeing tentatively? Some days I don&#8217;t recognize her. Her &#8216;normal world&#8217; of daily clients, copious amounts of articles and a whirlwind of social activities has not quite ground to a halt, but is going on without her. \u00a0Although no one is replaceable, no one is indispensable either. If I don&#8217;t do what I did before, somehow things will get taken care of anyway. It doesn&#8217;t mean I am being irresponsible, as I would have thought before. It means that I am being responsible <strong>to<\/strong> myself and not responsible <strong>for <\/strong>others.<\/p>\n<p>Baby steps~<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit\u00a0 F<a title=\"Foot one-one foot\" href=\"http:\/\/everystockphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\">oot one-one foot by fortune cookie\/flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If circumstances were different, I would be dancing into a Solstice celebration tonight. I was invited to three events that all involve music, fun, friends, food and a tribal welcoming in of the longest day of the year that heralds Summer in the Northern hemisphere. 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