This isn’t the best weekend for me, my Int’l Man of Mystery is flying off on Saturday night to Tunisia to see a man about an oilrig. I wish he wasn’t.
The timing is shocking. It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow and our little twinnies turn five on Monday. I was an acting single mum on these days for the past two years… huge sighs…. I can feel that feeling-sorry-for-myself feeling creeping over me.
Quick! Better write a Grateful post and link it up to Maxabella Loves. And I’m putting this under the Recovery from PND category as I first learned the value of gratitude whilst doing a Tresilian PND course many years ago.
So I am going to take a deep breath and feel some real gratitude because:
- My husband will be very well looked after in Tunisia, so many in North Africa are in such grave danger
- My family has a warm, dry house (still grateful and have been for many years… it’s all that camping in the rain in Scotland as a child that makes this so special!)
- This single mum time is short, he will come back. (And he might sneak some of the excellent chocolates served in Emirates Business Class back for me)
- I am BLOODY grateful that I recovered from that bout of PND in 2000 and that I learned how better to manage my own mental health.
Today I went to the Gidget Foundation’s Mum Cha lunch in the city, 500 women all thinking about motherhood, anxiety and depression and our beautiful, gorgeous children. It was a big day, very emotional. I am so grateful that I was there.
Perinatal anxiety and depression is common, it’s life threatening… but it’s very, very treatable. Start talking. You won’t regret it.
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Hoping your hubby is safe and sound and brings you back lots of choccies. Strength to you during this time.
ps I agree say no to ironing too.
xo jill
Agree totally. Talking about any sort of anxiety or depression is so important. Holding that stuff in can be dangerous.
I have another reason to be grateful: that whilst Hubby is away, you can take control of the tv remote. And eat eggs with soldiers for dinner every night if you want. Get out the movies YOU wanna see!
That’s all the stuff I like when my hubby is away.
Hope you’re ok, and wishing you a good mother’s day. x
hi Seana, not PND, but recently faced up to the horror that was chronic (and worsening) pms. a half tablet of mild antidepressants every day has made such a difference … and to think i was scared to admit i needed it. i feel better, and my kids are no longer terrified of me.
so like you, i urge anyone who knows they are not feeling like they should to see someone who can help them. it is not a weakness, it is the best and bravest thing you will ever do. xt
I hope he will return to you safe and sound… Happy mothers day for sunday, on the hop from maxbella
New to your blog and found it through Maxabella….and I am grateful for that. Nothing more I love that honesty about how hard it is when the husbos do scoot off for work….leaving us to keep the pieces together like a juggling act. X
Great honest post Seana – hope the time flies by and hubby is home again with you very soon. In the meantime – that remote control is ALL YOURS!!!
have a great weekend
xxxCate
It’s hard sometimes, but we have so much to be grateful for, yes. Have a wonderful day tomorrow, and hope hubby brings back those chocolates and himself safe & sound x
Happy Mother’s Dad, Seana. I have the opposite and wish my husband would go away sometimes. Since he works from home getting that alone time is a challenge sometimes. Perhaps we’re mad thinking about going all together on a small boat for year, no escape!
Lots of love XXX