๐๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง.
Yesterday, we received a letter from our older son's nursery school that a parent was in self-quarantine due to exposure to the coronavirus. So weโve kept him home today, more at my husbandโs insistence because my desire to fight my anxiety is telling me to proceed ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, proceed with ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ:โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ ๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ โ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ดโ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. โฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ But I canโt help ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต worry. I worry about my grandma. I worry about family and friends in the at-risk groups. And as a mom, I just worry ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ. Because as a mom, things feel different. Heck, I donโt think I had much anxiety pre-motherhood. Now, I worry about THEM and the world THEY live in. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ If you feel like I am, BREATHE, do what you can to stay healthy, and know these feelings during unprecedented times and times of uncertainty are normal. โฃ โฃ Hoping this all passes soon and that everyone stays safe, healthy and sane during these times.
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