Blessed Oblivion

Apparently, I'm pretty damn lucky if in fact I passed a kidney stone obliviously. I was talking to someone this morning whose mother passed three kidney stones while she (my friend, not the mother) was in utero-- possibly a contributing factor to their fractious relationship since her mom had to bear the pain sans drugs.

I'll never know the pains of childbirth. Maybe I've been spared the 3-4 week pain of passing a kidney stone, too.