Not the midlife crisis I was planning on...
A few months ago I realised that my 40th birthday was looming and becoming harder to ignore. Mild panic started setting in - what have I done with my life? I'm running out of time to have a second ch...
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Only a few hours ago I sat down to say hello, to reach out and thank you in advance for all the support I know is here. But I had no idea how thick and fast that support would come flooding in!
Thank you for the quotes and the poem, especially Sarah Henderson's. That woman was nothing if not tenacity personified.
@primek I understand your fears, certainly the fear that, without the linchpin to family communication (must be a maternal thing?) family closeness might start unravelling. I couldn't wish for a greater best friend for my son than his own father but without me I do worry about my son's emotional growth, no matter how well he will be able to handle power tools by the time he's 5.
Thank you everyone for helping me feel more normal in a situation that feels so far from normal.
Thank you for the quotes and the poem, especially Sarah Henderson's. That woman was nothing if not tenacity personified.
@primek I understand your fears, certainly the fear that, without the linchpin to family communication (must be a maternal thing?) family closeness might start unravelling. I couldn't wish for a greater best friend for my son than his own father but without me I do worry about my son's emotional growth, no matter how well he will be able to handle power tools by the time he's 5.
Thank you everyone for helping me feel more normal in a situation that feels so far from normal.