The Week That Was: Gone in a Fever Dream

Week 23, 2025

Slow isn’t stuck 📸 Taken on a short step outside 🐌 a reminder that healing often begins in stillness.

ℱ𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈... 🫶💌☕

So here we are… almost a week late. I had planned to write about a week of nature journaling.

But the truth is… I barely went outside past the Tuesday.
I was tired. Then I got sick. Properly sick.

A couple of months ago my local hospital went into lockdown because of a virus, and I thought, like many, that I’d miraculously escaped it.

Nope. It eventually found me.

And for six days, it felt like I was ping-ponging between Antarctica and the fires of hell.

Fevers. Chills. Sweats.
Then the headaches. The gut issues.
I literally couldn’t lift my head from the pillow.

Sometimes
the body’s call
to rest

is

absolute.

I missed handing in a job application — one I had a really good chance at.
I lost three days' pay and used five and a half days of sick leave.

That’s the real cost of being unwell. And yes, it was disappointing.

But here’s what I’ve been reflecting on:

• The virus didn’t care about my plans.

• It didn’t ask how grounded I was.

• It just knocked me flat.

There’s no vagal toning for that.
No specific breathing technique.
No “thinking your way out.”

Sometimes, the only thing left is to surrender.

And while that might feel frustrating, maybe there’s a quiet reminder tucked inside:

• Your body is wise.

• Your needs are valid.

• Life will wait.

Being forced
to stop

isn’t failure —

it’s

survival.

My granny always said, “What’s for you won’t go by you.”
And you know what? Maybe it’s not just a nice saying.
Maybe it’s something to hold onto when life doesn’t go to plan.

Imagine yourself
in a warm room,

soft light,

nothing asked of you —

healing often begins here.

So if you’ve had to stop lately too…
If your body pulled the handbrake, whether gently or all at once…
If you’re catching up with life again…

I’m right there with you.

P.S. I’m planning a lighter hearted post for Monday, followed by a Summer Solstice post and a monthly whispers post… then it’ll be back to normal weekly letters thereafter. Take care.

𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒹𝑒,
🙏 𝒟𝒶𝓃𝒶 𝓍𝑜