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Kaitlyn Elizabeth's avatar

Nothing but appreciation and awe at you writing for exactly where you are. It’s hard and brave and so worthy.

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Emma Del Rey's avatar

Thank you for seeing me.

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Divergent Learning Diaries's avatar

This is very genuine. Thank you for sharing ♥️

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Emma Del Rey's avatar

You are welcome, thank you for reading.

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Genevieve M. Westerman's avatar

"I just want to be real.

I just want to be here."

Feeling this. Hearing you, Momma.

Two weeks before I was going to launch a course, my body stopped.

I was in that nourishing space and enjoying every conversation, it felt like I was going to soar. But my body stopped.

And the battery of my laptop died. And the parts were out of stock, too.

So, I stopped.

Even when we may have been raised in a one-size-fits all culture, it doesn't change the fact that each of us is unique and each family has different strategies for meeting needs.

And if you are that first person in your family who turns your ancestral legacy and society's patriarchal legacy on their head and breaks the patterns, on top of neurodivergence and other variables that make your situation different, things can feel rather impossible.

We are in the middle of a societal transition where many mothers are now awakening. It is quite a feat.

So, I hear you. and I'm here with you. Sending you lots of loving energy. ♥️

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Emma Del Rey's avatar

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. It is a lot of work, but it is worth it, even on the hard days.

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Lyndsay Kaldor's avatar

Sending you so much love from here Emma, do what is right for you in this difficult time you are navigating, always here xx

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Emma Del Rey's avatar

Thank you Lyndsay.

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Rewilding Neurodiversity's avatar

Thankyou for writing. It is important to share- even more so in dark times. As someone who understands how very hard it is to have had a child in burnout, you are right it is a different kind of mothering that is next level. I see you, and thanks again for sharing, it helps people like me who I think have known how you feel and scrat about for ways forward and through

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Emma Del Rey's avatar

You are so welcome, thank you for reading. It is next level, it requires something different of me I am not quite sure I know how to explain yet.

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Rewilding Neurodiversity's avatar

I’m sorry it’s been so very hard and I hope you find a little ease soon. Sending virtual tea and biscuits

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Emma Del Rey's avatar

I believe writing about it is a sign ease is creeping in. Thank you, I appreciate you.

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