They Made Me Wait in the ER While Prioritizing a Wedding Until Everything Started to Unravel

But the moment I lifted it, something inside me shifted in a way it was not supposed to. A sharp pull, low and deep. I registered it the way you register a warning light and kept moving.

First box upstairs. Second box. By the third trip the pain was no longer subtle. Spreading. Tightening. A message becoming more insistent with each step.

I paused at continue reading …