M.J. has liked the book, Happy Birthday to You by Dr. Seuss recently. There is a part that says if you hadn’t been born you might be a wasn’t (paraphrasing). This is obviously just silly rhyming, but this part made me think, how often have I felt like a “wasn’t”? I have had low self-esteem …
Category Archives: Self-worth
It’s Okay to Get Angry
Parenting is hard. Parenting during a Pandemic is harder. Parenting during a Pandemic with a mood disorder is even harder. Sometimes things that happen can trigger depressive episodes. A situation that occurred in my life recently made me sad and angry. I think that combined with the 3-week Covid pause, and possibly the cold weather, …
Self-care is Essential
Do you struggle with loving yourself? Maybe even with liking yourself? I feel like I have struggled with this from a young age. I have always been a nice, empathetic person, but I never felt like I had any natural talents. I wonder, it is easier for the people who are good at everything to …
You Are Loved
Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough? Not a good enough mom. Not a good enough wife. Not good enough at your job. Not pretty enough. Not thin enough. Just not enough. I have felt like this a lot. Yesterday and today I’ve felt like a crappy mom. M.J. has not been listening …
Invisible
M.J. and I have watched a Charlie Brown movie a lot recently. One of the episodes is the Halloween one and in the other one Snoopy performs a magic show. In the magic show Snoopy makes Charlie Brown invisible and it takes him a few days to figure out how to turn him back. Charlie …
