05/11/2022
Here is a very vulnerable, honest, and mental health post warning, and it’s ok to keep scrolling if that makes you uncomfortable or is triggering 😘
These pictures are exactly one year apart with the first being a year ago to the date.
The night before the first photo was the lowest I have been mentally since I was 18.
I remember feeling so helpless and alone.
I’ll spare the specifics of why or how I got to that point, but what I will share is how I got out.
I literally felt someone pull me off the floor. I felt a love so unconditional, Like someone was sitting by my side with their arm around me holding me up.
I remember I was listening to a song that had lyrics I needed in that exact specific moment and knowing my kids needed me.
Ultimately, that night I made the decision to Go to bed, and wake up the next day on Mother’s Day.
I went to the zoo and took this pic, which looking at it, you’d never know what had transpired the night before. No one around me did.
This last weekend, when this second pic was taken, I couldn’t help but reflect on the last year and The work I’ve put In mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually to get to the place I am today.
I share this because not only is it mental health awareness month, but because I know so many are struggling. With that, I also know so many are afraid to talk about it.
If you are struggling and reading this, know you aren’t alone.
Know that there is a tomorrow.
The sun will rise again, and you will come out on the other side stronger than you were before.
Find your support.
Lean on them.
And Use them to hold you up In those moments you need it most.