No more nodules. The voice rest worked! I’ve been given permission to speak, I can sing lightly this week, and then try a bit more for next week. Hooray for me!

I’ve noticed it’s a bit easier for me to be a little less verbal in a few conversations this week… surely that’s one good lesson learned from imposed silence. (I don’t know if my coworkers would agree, but I noticed that I wasn’t saying everything that popped into my head.)

During the weeks of voice rest I began to feel a bit blue and then began to feel unmotivated to stay busy and get things done. That has thankfully lifted. The best part is being able to speak with my family. I missed the intimacy that conversation brings to relationships and was feeling disconnected.

I still have a little way to go vocally, but I truly feel like the sun has come out from behind the clouds.