Heaviness settled in my belly and an invisible rubber band tightened. Heavier, tighter, it kept building. And then, when I mentally begged for relief, cried for the tension to ease, the rubber band snapped, and a rainbow of bright colors exploded behind my eyelids. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. The most beautiful thing I’d ever felt. I felt like I was floating. Soaring high.
