Hi everyone, so I’m not up to date on blogs and honestly I think the last time I even read one was back when I was in high school. But, I have always found writing to be a great way for me to relieve my stress and anxiety and journaling just isn’t doing enough anymore. I’m 35 years old and happily married (for the past 10 years) with two beautiful children. A boy who is almost 2 and a girl who is 6 months old, I also have been a caregiver for my mother in law who had a stroke in 2017 (since passed in 2019) and my father in law for the past two year since his stroke in 2018.
The past few years have been filled a lot of ups and downs. My husband and I had problems with infertility for 5 years before we were blessed with our beautiful baby boy, who was born right before his mother’s passing. Then we unexpectedly got pregnant again as my father in law was put on hospice and my son was diagnosed with autism. Needless to says it’s caused a lot of stress and anxiety to come up. But, I think being a women and a mom we tend to try to keep it together by putting on a brave face and saying, “I’m fine.”
As I was thinking about this I had a strong desire to write about how it was ok to say I’m NOT fine.
Who else says, “I’m fine?” 