Thank you, legs, for carrying me to the kitchen. Thank you, hands, for holding my child’s face. Thank you, lungs, for breathing while I slept.
Here’s a short, helpful story titled El Cuerpo — The Body el cuerpo the body
And for the first time, she listened.
Days turned into weeks. She stopped apologizing for her shape and started marveling at her function. She stretched when she was stiff. She rested when she was tired. She ate when she was hungry — not out of shame, but out of care. Thank you, legs, for carrying me to the kitchen
Her body didn’t answer in words. It answered in memory. el cuerpo the body
Sofia hadn’t spoken to her body in years.