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My village

I recently read a book called I Was Told There'd Be a Village (which I highly recommend to anyone who is a parent or will be!) and it touches a lot on how we, as moms, can tend to self isolate due to pressure we put on ourselves and/or societal pressures. This type of isolation is not conducive to a healthy brain and can definitely cause issues outside of just ourselves.

So this year I have spent my time connecting with the village I have and making sure that the people close in my life are the people I really want close to me and boy, it has already shown how amazing it can be! Our family has had a very rough week and a half (I will not go into details) but our close village knows and the absolute amount of support that has poured in has been overwhelming. Normally I would have just kept everything to myself and continued about my life, but letting those close to us know has made things easier. Yes, I still had a whole breakdown session last jight before bed, but I also had 2 friends sending me encouraging messages that I saw after I had regulated again and it lifted me up even more.

All of this to say that the people around you are the people that care. They will uplift and support in the down times. We are also meant to uplift and support one another as well. I know that when I am able to help someone, in any way I can, I feel really good and it strengthens our relationship. So let's go out there and make the world a better place one person at a time 🥰