Your Daily Mom Hug | New is Hard

And that's okay. Keep doing it.

Good morning, fam!

Can we talk about change? Right now, I’m starting water aerobics and physical therapy to help with my degenerative disc disease. With 75% degeneration in my L4 and L5 (right above my tailbone) and my sciatic nerve acting like the world is ending, I’m left walking with a cane.

Which I hate.

And I can’t do all the things I used to, mobility-wise, which forces me to ask for help.

Which I hate.

I mean, logically, I know all of these things help me/will help me in the long run, and I really want to avoid surgery, if I can. But the other part of me is frustrated and angry at my body’s betrayal and all this extra work I need to do to be better.

Change is hard!

Every time I struggle, I have to remind myself that this effort is worth it. That I feel better when I do the things I need to do. That my life as I knew it isn’t over. It’s just different.

And different isn’t bad, folks. It’s just different.

Doesn’t mean I can’t have a pity party now and again. I just can’t live there. And neither should you. It’s easy to get stuck in the pit of ‘my life sucks!’, but the only way out is through.

So, let’s do it together. You and me. We’re not alone. We’ve got this.

Love,
Your Mom