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Had a surprise flood of tears when I saw a friend earlier. Emotions about everything suddenly surfaced, as they do sometimes even now a few months past sentencing, and I sobbed and ranted for a bit. She listened and after a while tactfully pointed out that I'm feeling extraordinarily tired after a few weeks of preschooler illness and therefore not sleeping. I just wanted to share that feeling as I imagine others on here feel the same. Being tired amplifies things so much. Hopefully a good night sleep isn't far away. So if you're an exhausted single parent I just wanted to let you know I feel you x x
Oh Cloud,
How I feel your pain!! We never signed up to be single parents, and especially not with a situation like this hanging over us.
My children seem to have got every illness going in the last 6 months since the knock... covid twice, chicken pox for each of them, sickness etc etc. Plus my one year old just never sleeps anyway!!
I am physically and mentally drained. If we just keep putting one foot in front of the other we'll get there in the end. Sending strength! Xx
How I feel your pain!! We never signed up to be single parents, and especially not with a situation like this hanging over us.
My children seem to have got every illness going in the last 6 months since the knock... covid twice, chicken pox for each of them, sickness etc etc. Plus my one year old just never sleeps anyway!!
I am physically and mentally drained. If we just keep putting one foot in front of the other we'll get there in the end. Sending strength! Xx
It's so hard isn't it? And lack of sleep like that is a killer. Here we are dealing with all the shock and trauma, trying to help your child/ children through their's and also suddenly having to do everything alone, often with a major loss of income. In the early days one of the hardest things for me was fielding questions about his dad's level of involvement. In the midst of all that there's been some major stuff going on around my child which is completely unconnected. I don't really know how I have survived this past 19 months. But I have my child needing me to get up each day and get on with it and to be honest that has probably saved me and stopped me plunging into a dark hole. We didn't ask for any of this but nonetheless we are incredible with how we keep going.