2025: The year I broke
If I had to describe 2025 in one word, it would be wild. On one hand, it held the purest happiness I have ever known because my daughter was finally in my life. Being her mom became my soul’s purpose, and I loved every single second of it. However, in the same breath, it was the hardest year of my life. Grief hit me like a tidal wave. I watched my daughter change everyone’s lives, but the one person who should have been there, my brother, wasn’t! I became so angry with the world. I felt like he was robbed from my life, and that my daughter was robbed of the life she should have had with her uncle. It was a year of extreme highs and terrifying lows. Here is the truth about my journey through the darkness, and how I found the light. By December 2024, I had hit an all-time low. I found myself resenting the people closest to me, even my husband. It wasn’t a lack of love; it was a deep feeling of unfairness. Everything in our lives had changed to revolve around the baby, but it felt like my...