Last summer in Thailand I was lucky enough to have a baby elephant step on my foot! It was the cutest thing, well kind of. This was the smallest elephant I had ever seen, and after being around older elephants for weeks this was the smallest one yet! We were so excited! This one was only 20 days old. They are so playful at that age and like to run around at full speed! This one was tied up, and I approached it toward the end of the rope, but as I bent down it playfully ran at me and halfway knocked me over and stepped on my foot! Ouch!
Actually it wasn't that bad, nothing was broken. But I remember thinking "WOW that was a lot heavier than I expected!" I looked down and my foot was red. I laughed and somewhat limped away in surprise. This photo was literally taken one second before all that happened.
So the point of this article is the bruise that was left on my left big toe toenail. I think it has finally faded away. :( When I first noticed the bruise I thought "OH MY GOD it makes my toes look ugly!" It took me a while to get used to, but eventually it was a pleasant reminder that always put a smile on my face. It reminded me of Thailand, it reminded me of peace, it reminded me of freedom, it reminded me of nature, it reminded me of the simple things. I would look down at my toes months later, and smile.
It's funny the first few months I kept my toenails painted to cover it up. When it started to fade I was more open to it, and now that it's gone I'm sad. Isn't it crazy how that works.
Almost exactly one year later. Throwback Thursday for real. Bye Bye toe bruise. It's been real. #tbt
