I feel like I could have written parts of this. I’m nodding along with your therapist and your response because I feel the same. My husband is very unwell with long covid - two years and counting.
We have a two year old daughter and she’s glorious and it’s magical being her mum but the flip side of a pandemic baby - the cycle of being unwell and the endurance test that ensures it’s so much to bear. I try to remind myself it could be worse and find all the joy but it’s still so very hard and not at all what I wanted or expected my life to be with a second child. My word of the year is BLOOM and in choosing it I have chosen to take care of myself and to observe the way nature does too. Lovely being connected. ✨🌺
I feel like I could have written parts of this. I’m nodding along with your therapist and your response because I feel the same. My husband is very unwell with long covid - two years and counting.
We have a two year old daughter and she’s glorious and it’s magical being her mum but the flip side of a pandemic baby - the cycle of being unwell and the endurance test that ensures it’s so much to bear. I try to remind myself it could be worse and find all the joy but it’s still so very hard and not at all what I wanted or expected my life to be with a second child. My word of the year is BLOOM and in choosing it I have chosen to take care of myself and to observe the way nature does too. Lovely being connected. ✨🌺
It’s still such a difficult time, isn’t it? I think all the time about those with long COVID—it sounds so hard. I think bloom is a wonderful choice.