Our eight-year-old labradoodle, Teddy, had knee surgery last Tuesday. He tore his ACL and meniscus chasing squirrels in the yard.
Humans wear an invisible Cone of Shame, too.
Here’s what I keep thinking about. Teddy’s cone is right there for everyone to see, and it’s doing its job — keeping him from licking the very wounds that need to heal.
The cruel thing about shame is that, unlike Teddy’s cone, ours is invisible — so it grows in secret. And nothing stops you from doing the thing you long to do quite like shame you’ve never spoken aloud.
Oh, sweet little Teddy. Beautiful article, Sherold.
Thank you, Brandi Flittner🩷🩷
Thanks for writing about our hidden cones of shame. Releasing it is so powerful.
Thank you, Janice Lodato! I’m so impressed with your posts❤️
Thanks so much, Sherold! That fills my heart!!
I don’t know about “fun”, but I’m moving and writing a book! thanks for these wonderful pieces.
Wow - I'm so thrilled to hear that. I am do it as well. Using visualization and writing it in my journal almost each day. Keep going!