In pain…I love you

Cindy Sunshine
2 min readDec 14, 2023

I fell, tripped and sprained my ankle. It hurts and I can’t stop crying but it’s not the physical pain that hurts..it’s the emotional one.

My parents are retired and…

We went hiking on Silverado Canyon Road and it’s very rocky there. As we were coming down, I slipped on a rock and fell down on my knees. It hurt for a few minutes but I was able to get up and hike for another 2 miles to my car.

We went to the beach and I realized that I could hardly walked. Then, we went straight to the chiropractor.

During the car ride there, my dad lectured me on how stubborn I was.

Whatever he said hurt, so deep in my soul whether he intended it to be for my own good or not.

We went to the doctor and waited quietly in the lobby. My mom looked at me sobbing a little, in a sad face apologetically saying that she wanted to go to the beach after the hike and that injured my ankle more.

While the doctor massaged my ankle, it hurt. It was really painful but my tears bursted from all the emotional pain I felt. My parents love me so much and sometimes the amount of love they give to me really hurts because I’m unable to provide them the life they deserve. Seeing them in pain made me feel even more painful while sobbing miserably.

It came to a stop eventually

Now my old retired parents are taking care of me..cooking for me, cleaning for me, pushing my wheelchair so I can go to places.

Also massaging my ankle throughout the night and giving me a helping hand.

I love them so much to the moon and back.

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Cindy Sunshine

I’m in love with the idea of LOVE, and does it really exist.