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I went to a parent support group on Friday. It was at Nature's Playhouse where we spend a lot of our time anyway. As everyone else sat in a circle I told my story while watching Andrew climb up the slide. "I am a single mom with twins. It can be a lot." I took him down from the slide and brought him over to where everyone else was sitting. "I spent $20,000 to have them, so when it gets overwhelming I feel incredibly guilty." No judgement. The two ladies holding their six month old babies just starred at me wondering how I manage it all. The mom with a three and a five year old looked like she was going to cry-you can tell her days feel endless. I don't have too many crisis days. When my head does get loud it's always about a future event-how am I going to afford x,y,z? I have savings and little debt, but the fear is always there.
I liked that I could tell the lady who runs the place my story. She said she had never considered parenting from that perspective before. I used to be incredibly closed off, but now I want people to know who I am. It's far less messy in my head when I can just tell people what my life is like.
I liked that I could tell the lady who runs the place my story. She said she had never considered parenting from that perspective before. I used to be incredibly closed off, but now I want people to know who I am. It's far less messy in my head when I can just tell people what my life is like.