This is so true, Marcilina Martel :

"The truth is, I didn’t see disbelief as denial, I saw it as strength, and pretending I was fine wasn’t lying — it was how I coped.

Disbelief became the only way I knew how to hold myself together. But It cost me my peace.

Something I thought I had."

Coping and gritting through wears us thin. Thanks for sharing your wisdom in those last sentences. Deep resonance!. xo

In case you didn’t see this one: The Caregiver’s Compass Cali Bird Carolyn Malone Cindy Martindale