Congrats on your scholastic endeavors. I went back to school at age 50 and finally earned a college degree (it was #1 in my bucket list.) Menopause is an emotional rollercoaster under the best of circumstances.
Self care is so important when dealing with grief and loss. Take good care of yourself.
I cried only tonight. I just thought I miss my friend so much, it hurts so badly that they aren’t here anymore. I can only imagine the lasting impact it will have on their family too...I totally relate to the feelings bubbling up from nowhere.
Being a full spectrum Doula I know only too well that in our society birth and death are not spoken about until it’s upon us. I include myself in that. I have a fascination with grief now and although it’s the most shape-shifting emotion I’ve ever felt the more I run from it the harder it becomes. Most days, that breath in the morning you talk about is a total surrender isn’t it. One foot in front of the other and blind faith that it has to be ok...I have proof from yesterday that I survived.
I am so sorry to hear that your husband has died and can only imagine the hard feeling that must come up around an anniversary.
I am having plenty of changes to navigate right now. I’m newly postpartum with baby 3. I’m going to be going from working in an office to WFH. And I’m just dealing with a whole load of grief which is change isn’t it. My grief never stands still and can always catch me off guard - my own grief is in relation to the death of my best friend my suicide last year. And also navigating pregnancy and birth in a pandemic followed by what looks like an autoimmune diagnosis due to the chronic pain I have been suffering (often triggered by trauma.
It’s a lot some days and I really hope to use this space to start writing about my experiences too (some day) in the the hope of helping others.
Good luck with the new venture, the “not knowing” or imposter syndrome is all part of the special journey you’re on no doubt.
👋🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻 and well done in earning your degree. I’m doing my studying part-time so I still have a while to go but I love learning and I’m enjoying the process. Yes self-care is so important 😊 I do a lot more of that these days, my symptoms forced me into that. This time last year I struggled to function or do much. Thankfully after 7 months of being on cyclical HRT I am a lot better, still get a lot of symptoms, but they are much more manageable. 👍🏼
Congrats on your scholastic endeavors. I went back to school at age 50 and finally earned a college degree (it was #1 in my bucket list.) Menopause is an emotional rollercoaster under the best of circumstances.
Self care is so important when dealing with grief and loss. Take good care of yourself.
I cried only tonight. I just thought I miss my friend so much, it hurts so badly that they aren’t here anymore. I can only imagine the lasting impact it will have on their family too...I totally relate to the feelings bubbling up from nowhere.
Being a full spectrum Doula I know only too well that in our society birth and death are not spoken about until it’s upon us. I include myself in that. I have a fascination with grief now and although it’s the most shape-shifting emotion I’ve ever felt the more I run from it the harder it becomes. Most days, that breath in the morning you talk about is a total surrender isn’t it. One foot in front of the other and blind faith that it has to be ok...I have proof from yesterday that I survived.
I am so sorry to hear that your husband has died and can only imagine the hard feeling that must come up around an anniversary.
I am having plenty of changes to navigate right now. I’m newly postpartum with baby 3. I’m going to be going from working in an office to WFH. And I’m just dealing with a whole load of grief which is change isn’t it. My grief never stands still and can always catch me off guard - my own grief is in relation to the death of my best friend my suicide last year. And also navigating pregnancy and birth in a pandemic followed by what looks like an autoimmune diagnosis due to the chronic pain I have been suffering (often triggered by trauma.
It’s a lot some days and I really hope to use this space to start writing about my experiences too (some day) in the the hope of helping others.
Good luck with the new venture, the “not knowing” or imposter syndrome is all part of the special journey you’re on no doubt.
👋🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻 and well done in earning your degree. I’m doing my studying part-time so I still have a while to go but I love learning and I’m enjoying the process. Yes self-care is so important 😊 I do a lot more of that these days, my symptoms forced me into that. This time last year I struggled to function or do much. Thankfully after 7 months of being on cyclical HRT I am a lot better, still get a lot of symptoms, but they are much more manageable. 👍🏼