liberating

As previously mentioned, when at Greenbelt there were some things that I went and did on my own. Now to most people this would just seem normal, like the thing you do all the time. However, for me, it is not normal. I realised that I very rarely go anywhere without the husband. I have a little ten minute walk in the morning and then I don't go out until the husband is home. Realising at Greenbelt that actually I could go and do things on my own and it was ok gave me a bit of a revelation. If I can do it there, why can't I do it at home? So since we've been back I've been going out and doing a few things by myself. It has felt really liberating. It is such a normal thing to do, and yet I didn't. I had let my illness take away my freedom. Now I am claiming my freedom back. I was talking to brother the younger about this, and his reaction was 'you are just like a normal!', and I thought, yep it does feel like doing one of those normal things that people normally do. I am claiming back normality!