Dear Health,

Why have you forsaken me? Did you really have to bring more complicated issues my way? How would you feel if you woke up one morning and started to hurt in any way? It would be terrible, right? Exactly. Can’t you grant me just one day without needing a machine or medication to feel better?

You are just a part of the experience that can come and go, but you’re not the one who has to navigate life daily. You don’t know what I see and experience each day. I wish we could switch roles for once—let me make the health choices while you deal with the outside world. Don’t pretend for a moment that you wouldn’t break if things got too hard.

So, can you, for once, just give us a break? Or is that asking too much?

Signed,
Your Owner.