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As mentioned in the beginning, I initially was in a

daze, numb, hardly functioning.

Beautiful sunsets were just a bunch of colors, music
was just notes, I could not smell or taste. Touching?

It meant nothing, had no real sensation.

The first sense that came back was the olfactory
one. One day, I was in a store, and I smelled some

essential oils. I started to smell the flowers, spices,
the odors of the ocean… It was inebriating.

Little by little, my senses became alive again. Music
became enjoyable. Sunsets were enchanting. I

loved swimming, feeling the water gliding on my
skin, the wind in my hair. I went back to getting
massages.

One of the “mistakes” I had made was to wait for
things to become normal again. They would never
get to the normal I had known.

I had matured, I had become wiser. I was becoming
alive again, yet in a new unique way.

I started to check what I liked among what I had

enjoyed previously: ice skating (I did not like it
indoors) … skiing (loved it) … swimming (one of my
favorites) … traveling (YES!) … cultural events…
gourmet foods…

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