TW: physical injury w/photos

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So, last week, my clumsy ass tripped in my own home and fell into the wall, thumb first 🤪🙃😜😂🤣

I have felt like a clumsy goof SO MANY times in my life. As a child, I felt as sure-footed as a cat, but that completely changed once I grew tall so quickly (5’7″ to 5’10” in less than 6 months).

It has taken me a VERY long time for me to become this comfortable in my body…in this skin. I have practiced my balance and am generally solid on my feet, but I still manage to injure myself often enough to doubt my coordination.

When I first did this, my whole thumb and wrist hurt. I wrapped my wrist that first day so I could mouse at work. 😩

By that time, my wrist was fine, but the thumb hurt all the way to the base. 🥺

A couple days later, just hurts to the first knuckle. 😠

Graceless is an awful word for me. My middle name is Grace, and Nancy MEANS Grace.

A synonym of clumsy is “left-handed”, which I fully claim, proudly, but there are also: awkward, maladroit, klutzy, and worst of all: graceless.

I’ll do a whole other post about the dangers of being left-handed in a right-handed world…

As I mistrust most thoughts of “gracefullness” as it pertains to myself, I prefer to concentrate on something I CAN do well…Graciousness.

gracious adjective gra·cious | \ ˈgrā-shəs  \ 1a: marked by kindness and courtesy/:/a gracious host

While I could conceivably fall short of Graceful on any given day I have that “gracious host” thing in spades.

Wirt is a German word meaning “Host.”

This came in handy as a Bartender, and is currently especially useful as a Librarian.

Stay warm, y’all!