The woman that we came through had her own burdens: maybe it was financial struggles, or emotional challenges. Maybe her burden was the frustration of giving up her dream to raise children (that’s a real one), or maybe her burden was the relationships she chose. No matter how great your mother was, or how bad she was at the job of mothering, consider how her burdens impacted you. You also have burdens you have picked up on your journey.The new bags are in addition to the ones

"... it appears that 'getting back to normal' is getting back to the normalcy of self-neglect in favor of work or other systems."

Ironically, our attempts to make up time for things we wished we had done, create the same stress for the future.

Whether at work, home or somewhere in between, check in with yourself to determine where your responses or reactions are coming from.