Splinters of the Soul
How removing a splinter from my sole parallels the painful removal of splinters from my soul after a midlife crisis
I finally managed to remove a splinter from the sole of my left foot last night. It's been there for well over a month and started to really bother me about a week ago. The skin around the splinter was darkened, swollen, and painful. Every step on that foot gave me a dull pain that gradually escalat…
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