Good morning! I hope you and your family are well. Over the last month, we have had quite a lot of sickness in our house. Our daughter had a virus, then the youngest caught COVID, then the 16 year old had a virus with super high temperatures for days. Then last night the youngest woke with a temperature. And I know from chatting with other parents we are not on our own. There seems to be lots going around at the moment.
Most of my friends are saying the same; kids netball games have been forfeited w half of the team sick. My girl gave me Covid for Mothers Day, which turned out to be a nice little break after the intial symptoms. I channeled Planning Queen energy and researched the election, took notes on TED ‘Morals Foundation Theory’ by Jonathan Haidt , watched the Ch 10 Indigenous series Stuff Everyone shd know about Aust (7x 7min vids). I explored the Histamine Intolerance- Covid connection. Did some online shopping & Netflix binging. It was a rude shock coming out of the spare room 🤣
I feel you! I know the frustration of not being able to live up to your own expectations because of taking care of the family and your own health problems.
I share this frustration, as right now I am dealing with my own struggles of a Ukrainian refugee. And in my situation, I put even more pressure on myself because I know that I am in a very privileged situation compared to many Ukrainians who are still in very dangerous or simply poor conditions. My child, my husband, and I are safe, this is the most important thing! So how can I complain?
Anyways, I remind myself that acceptance is the key. You need to accept whatever is, otherwise you're only making yourself and others around you miserable. I also remind myself that the current situation is teaching me an important lesson and I want to be a grateful learner.
Our family has been struck by the flu, one after another… after two plus years of lockdowns, isolations and stop-starts, it feels like frustration upon frustration. I find that on one hand I’ve grown in learning to accept what I cannot control, while on the other hand I really struggle to muster my COVID-weary resilience!
Sickness, injuries and acceptance
Most of my friends are saying the same; kids netball games have been forfeited w half of the team sick. My girl gave me Covid for Mothers Day, which turned out to be a nice little break after the intial symptoms. I channeled Planning Queen energy and researched the election, took notes on TED ‘Morals Foundation Theory’ by Jonathan Haidt , watched the Ch 10 Indigenous series Stuff Everyone shd know about Aust (7x 7min vids). I explored the Histamine Intolerance- Covid connection. Did some online shopping & Netflix binging. It was a rude shock coming out of the spare room 🤣
I feel you! I know the frustration of not being able to live up to your own expectations because of taking care of the family and your own health problems.
I share this frustration, as right now I am dealing with my own struggles of a Ukrainian refugee. And in my situation, I put even more pressure on myself because I know that I am in a very privileged situation compared to many Ukrainians who are still in very dangerous or simply poor conditions. My child, my husband, and I are safe, this is the most important thing! So how can I complain?
Anyways, I remind myself that acceptance is the key. You need to accept whatever is, otherwise you're only making yourself and others around you miserable. I also remind myself that the current situation is teaching me an important lesson and I want to be a grateful learner.
Our family has been struck by the flu, one after another… after two plus years of lockdowns, isolations and stop-starts, it feels like frustration upon frustration. I find that on one hand I’ve grown in learning to accept what I cannot control, while on the other hand I really struggle to muster my COVID-weary resilience!