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When life throws you lemons....duck... and recover!

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  I'm not going to lie... these last two months have been brutal.  Frustrating, lonely, eye opening, scary, sad.. all of it. Every possible emotion, I have felt. Tristan has had a terrible 3 months. I don't want to say it's depression, but it's a touch of it and it was terrifying.  When he got sick and missed a couple of days of school...and studying.. a few bad tests and BAM - he was behind the 8-ball. He cried every day, he was scared and felt like he was unable to do anything.  Thankfully we found a tutor and Hannah has been a godsend. She started giving him back his confidence and his grades started moving back up. Then, I realized that Tracy no longer wants to be my friend.  Clearly I'm slow to the party and I while I knew I was no longer her favorite person, I had NO IDEA that I was off "the list".  How naïve.  To say that I am and was heartbroken was an understatement.  I have been coming to terms with all of this.. at the same time as my s...