They’re Vaccinations - Not Varsity Letters
I did it. I got vaccinated.
It’s not popular, but I was skeptical about the vaccinations from the moment they were announced.
It had nothing to do with political party affiliations. I just didn’t like how quickly the vaccines were developed and I have issues with doctors. I also wondered about their safety for children with health issues like those I’ve seen with my own child during the pandemic. I mean, it’s bad enough to find out that people with autism whose brains don’t tend to be typical, are after-thoughts when developing medicines. Now, I’m supposed to trust this heavily rushed vaccine?
It was all a little too much to ask. Still is to me, in some ways.
But, we are returning to school soon…and there are so many variants now. It’s difficult to feel comfortable with or without the vaccine.
How did things get this far out of hand?
I ok’d it with her neuro and scheduled us, thinking if I didn’t come to feel comfortable, I could just cancel the appointment.
In the meantime, my mind raced through the time I was stabbed with a needle by a nurse at age sixteen because she thought it’d be easier on me and how my adult psyche has yet to recover from even seeing needles…the time I wasn’t given fluids for dehydration and the pain I was experiencing because the doctor assumed I was pregnant at the time and refused to believe what the nurse told him…the time I almost died having my first baby because the doctor didn’t take the extra precautions…the time I almost died after being sent home with my first baby because the doctor didn’t believe I was hemorrhaging…the time I found out months later that my second baby had to be resuscitated in the hospital and they never said a word to me about it…just buried it in paperwork.
Yeah, I have issues with doctors…needles…the whole medical situation. It’s just not easy for me.
In the middle of all my fears and worrying about whether we should take it, I have been listening to an audiobook on hearing God’s voice…It discusses how God’s voice may be heard in many ways like boldly in words of knowledge or ever so softly in patterns, etc.
Yesterday, the day I scheduled us to get vaccinated, coincidentally…or maybe not so coincidentally, the chapter I was listening to was about experiencing peace after hearing His voice. As I was turning it off to let that gel, I fired up Instagram for a moment to catch up on what some of my lettering buddies have been up to…and who should be at the very top of the feed? Why, it was @kevinadamsdesigns with a new piece. The word ‘Peace’ was lettered boldly and beautifully…It was like music to my eyes.
But, I will say, that aside from those who are avoiding the vaccine for dumb reasons (like the aforementioned party affiliation 🙄), the matter of having personal peace about it is just that…personal. Yet, the whole ordeal has been treated like it’s like getting varsity letters or something.
I applaud those who had peace from the start. I just wasn’t one of them. The idea had to grow on me…and even then, I obviously needed that extra, little confirmation to be able to go through with it.
Like I said, it’s not a popular opinion. But, I think everyone deserves the right to come to grips with the vaccine in their own way. They deserve the right to let their own personal peace be their umpire. They need to wear masks, as we ALL should be doing anyway. But, they deserve that right without ridicule (and vice versa).
We all do. Peace. ✌🏾
