Wow this is so beautiful and moving, Nadine. I'm with you ... celebrating holidays alone after a lifetime of parenting and then single-parenting is painful. Thank you for sharing this though...was a beautiful piece of writing to wake up to...grateful.
Thank you! I appreciate you reading. I feel like the old school mom bloggers and parenting writers of our era are in the same cohort more or less, so we’re treading similar terrain. I believe mom bloggers and writers were different than influencers because it wasn’t about looking perfect (though there were some), it was about sharing that this shit if effing hard! So much heart in that era. Xoxo
Oh honey - I feel this, so much. Sometimes I get hit with such grief that it takes my breath away. I get upset with myself, I should be grateful. This helped me remember the years and years of trauma that I pushed down to survive. I need to be kind to myself (and find a good therapist.)
Wow this is so beautiful and moving, Nadine. I'm with you ... celebrating holidays alone after a lifetime of parenting and then single-parenting is painful. Thank you for sharing this though...was a beautiful piece of writing to wake up to...grateful.
Thank you! I appreciate you reading. I feel like the old school mom bloggers and parenting writers of our era are in the same cohort more or less, so we’re treading similar terrain. I believe mom bloggers and writers were different than influencers because it wasn’t about looking perfect (though there were some), it was about sharing that this shit if effing hard! So much heart in that era. Xoxo
Oh honey - I feel this, so much. Sometimes I get hit with such grief that it takes my breath away. I get upset with myself, I should be grateful. This helped me remember the years and years of trauma that I pushed down to survive. I need to be kind to myself (and find a good therapist.)
I just love your writing.
Sharing 'the feels' along with you.
I appreciate you, friend. I know you know. 🫶🏼