Recently, I
realized that I was so stressed out, I was becoming depressed. I needed to nap an hour every day at the same
time. I thought it was just my body’s
way of resting up, so I could continue working into the night. It became
habitual, so I didn’t think anything of it.
After crying spurts over the weekend about missing my mother who’s been
deceased for almost 20 years, I realized that over the past few months I
neglected my mental health. Of course, depression
was starting to set in and I was stressed out.
Like I
mentioned in an earlier blog post, this time of the year is not my favorite
since my birthday and hers are in late April followed by Mother’s Day. What I just realized this year is that I had
been ignoring this time of year instead of celebrating it in a positive light. Why not celebrate Mother’s Day a different way
by writing her letters about all of the good things that have been happening in
my life? I like that. I just wish I would have thought of it sooner,
and I wish I would have been gentle with myself instead of stressing myself
out. How can you transform an unpleasant time of the year into a better one?
