All the things I could say, you already know (but I'm a yapper, so...)
Yes, you'd be an excellent mom. This is a beautiful and courageous and necessary piece of writing. I can't thank you enough for sharing it. I won't ever stop being angry on your behalf.
These words mean even more from someone who is a mom. It feels weird to say, but thank you for the anger — it validates the injustice even more. (And I love your yapping!)
Thank you so much for this. I know it’s a bit different but the past year has been a really similar journey re: having more than 1 child. It’s really hard to make a choice you know you’ll grieve every time you think about it (daily?) for the rest of your life. Sending so much love.
I don’t think we need to be in the same place to experience the same thing — and YES. I think about it every day. Every time I get a holiday card from a fam with kids, every time I pass a playground, every time I hear a meltdown in a grocery store. It doesn’t dominate my thoughts all the time, but it’s this little buzz in my ear, always. I don’t regret the choice, but I am deeply angry about it. Lots of love right back to you 💕
Thank you. 💔 It felt like an impossible decision, once that I always left the door open for, but two decades of chronic illness and pain have taught me this is what my life is like, give or take. And I needed a definitive decision so I could fully grieve and move forward eventually. So appreciate your comment and what you said about regret is something that really resonated!
All the things I could say, you already know (but I'm a yapper, so...)
Yes, you'd be an excellent mom. This is a beautiful and courageous and necessary piece of writing. I can't thank you enough for sharing it. I won't ever stop being angry on your behalf.
These words mean even more from someone who is a mom. It feels weird to say, but thank you for the anger — it validates the injustice even more. (And I love your yapping!)
Thank you so much for this. I know it’s a bit different but the past year has been a really similar journey re: having more than 1 child. It’s really hard to make a choice you know you’ll grieve every time you think about it (daily?) for the rest of your life. Sending so much love.
I don’t think we need to be in the same place to experience the same thing — and YES. I think about it every day. Every time I get a holiday card from a fam with kids, every time I pass a playground, every time I hear a meltdown in a grocery store. It doesn’t dominate my thoughts all the time, but it’s this little buzz in my ear, always. I don’t regret the choice, but I am deeply angry about it. Lots of love right back to you 💕
Thank you. 💔 It felt like an impossible decision, once that I always left the door open for, but two decades of chronic illness and pain have taught me this is what my life is like, give or take. And I needed a definitive decision so I could fully grieve and move forward eventually. So appreciate your comment and what you said about regret is something that really resonated!