When strength leaves you

As you have noticed, I haven't had time or energy to update the blog for a long time. My husband got really sick this winter after a longer struggle in not acknowledging there is something wrong with his body and I've been managing everything basically on my own. Day and night with two babies, who weren't great sleepers in the beginning wear you out. Never to get into a deep sleep phase and not getting much help during the day. Of course me-time has been reduced to zero and so has blog-time. Life became easier with longer sleepinghours and keeping hard routines for the kids. If anything came in between it made everything more chaotic, so sticking to routines has saved me. I basically have had the girls glued to me, as my husband had problems picking them up or carrying them up and down the stairs. So even going to the supermarket always involves taking both with you and no room for breathing in between. It takes its toll on you. Even if my children are the best companions ever and I love doing stuff with them, you need to breathe sometimes. 

The girls are starting daycare in two weeks time. It feels as if both they and I are ready for it. I've been carrying my burdens and stood up for so long now without letting it out and earlier this evening the bubble just popped and I fell into that deep black hole. I felt the grief starting in my stomach and that pressure on my chest and the tears waiting to burst. We had a dinner guest, so I kept up the strength until after dinner. 
I started crying in the bathroom and then moved into the bedroom with my dog curled up next to me, giving me warmth. I cried myself to sleep, woke at 2 in the morning and here I am still crying. It feels as if my wall of strength just broke and all the tiredness came over me at once. A kind of break down. 


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