Hello to you. It’s Monday again and I made it through the night. Sleeping through the night is rough right now even with an aide. I’ll wake up in the night and anxiety provoking thoughts float flitter in. A lot of them center around my husband. Our family and friends have really been helping during the day but they can’t help me through the night. Link is my cuddle buddy but he can do only so much!
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of reaching out a lot more. I find even a couple texts back and forth help me. I have been feeling almost paralyzed in my body lately. I am having to force myself to do things that used to seem so effortless before. Things I used to like to do are more difficult right now. Just watching the wrong thing on tv can provoke swells of anxiety in me.
Writing here has been helping me process what is going on inside and keep my family and friends up to date on how I’m doing.
For me, right now, it’s one moment at a time and to continue to reach out. I don’t ever want what has happened the past couple of years to happen again.
I am having to remind myself a lot to stay in the present moment. My inner voice, that sounds a lot like my husbands voice, saying, “Jackie, stay here. Stay in the now. You can’t change what has already happened. You can only go forward and be better.”
Thank you as always for stopping by and walking with me on this journey.
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