What does support look like to you?
To me, it looks like hugs. Messages just to check in, even when there’s nothing new to report. Flowers dropped off to brighten a grey day. Homemade choc chip cookies. Distraction. Dinner. Three friends arriving on my doorstep with plants and bubbly and delicious food to garden with me, because that’s all I felt up to doing.
For so long, I thought that the right thing – the brave thing – to do when you were struggling was to suffer in silence. To suck it up and forge ahead. It has been such a relief to discover that actually, if you speak up and share how you’re feeling, you can be lifted up by those around you. Honestly, it feels miraculous to me – like being lifted on the hands of angels. Who knew there was such kindness and beauty in the world?
I woke up today feeling bummed… Exhausted by the emotional tension of uncertainty. I am ending it feeling supported, able to look ahead with a little more lightness. What more could anyone ask for from a day?
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