When life hands you lemons. Grab the bananas.
Today, I went to the doctor.
I expected a glance, maybe a cream, maybe a “nothing to worry about.”
Instead, I was placed on the two-week urgent referral pathway for skin cancer.
The NHS track to rule out the serious stuff.
Even though I know it’s precautionary, hearing those words out loud it does something to your chest.
A quiet, fluttering panic.
People love to say,
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
But today? Lemonade feels all wrong.
Lemons are sharp.
They sting.
And sometimes you don’t want to squeeze, stir, or sweeten anything.
You just want to sit. Breathe. Be.
So I say this instead
When life gives you lemons, grab the bananas.
The softer things.
The sweeter ones.
The comforts that expect nothing of you but your humanness.
That’s where I’m landing today in the soft spaces.
In calm. In comfort. In whatever shaky perspective I can gather.
I don’t know what the next two weeks will look like,
but I do know I get to choose how I walk through them.
For me pretty slowly, with a bit of humour and all the grace I can carry.
Today didn’t go how I’d planned. Or rather imagined.
But I’m here. Still me.
If your day flipped you sideways, I see you.
Skip the lemonade.
Just grab the bananas.
CREDITS
Dahlia Set outfit from IM Collection at the Designer Showcase
Reema EVOX head from CATWA
EF0508 hair from Wings
Kait skin from the Skinnery in Sorbet
Luna body skin from the Skinnery
Classic mesh body from Legacy
Bananana pose from Fashiowl
Isabelle Cheren 