Collateral damage

One thing I learnt when I was younger was how the adults around me didn’t realize how much children listen and pick up on. After all ,this is why and how I started piecing things together. And today I learnt how my pain is affecting my own children.

My son done up his birthday list and sent it to me. As I read through it I was saddened by one in particular. My son has a huge heart and I guess it doesnt really surprise me that he would love me to be happy. And he knows exactly what needs to happen to help me .

I’m left feeling helpless as it is what I have been wanting for over 40 years and it is the one thing on his list that I cant give him , as no one will give it to me to pass on.

Motherhood is challenging at the best of times, no instruction book, we just have to make it up on the spot. I try to be happy and positive around the kids but the emotional exhaustion is starting to show.

The collateral damage just keeps spreading.

Leave a comment