Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Feeling defeated

My hubby came home and I was sitting on the couch looking at my phone.

He commented... you look defeated.

I kind of felt defeated.. but I didn't know why.

Later I figured out it was related to what I was looking at.  Someone I admire is Al Fox Carraway.  And I follow her Instagram account.  She had just had a baby boy.  And he was adorable.

I especially loved this picture they took.  I love the name tag.  (Credit: Al Fox)


I hope to be able to do this one day.   I shouldn't look at newborn pics, because sometimes they make me sad.  Wondering if I will every have that opportunity in this life.

But once I acknowledged that emotion and explained to hubby what I was feeling, I at least validated what I was feeling.  And didn't dwell on it.  Then I went on to do something to distract myself.  That's my best coping technique when I get in a funk.  I have to figure out what triggered that emotion, validate it, then try to distract myself with something else.  It's what works for me right now.

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