Hey there, welcome to Open Thread Thursday!
A thread where you can talk about anything and everything (and we mean every…little…or big…thing) happening right now — what's on your mind?
Can you believe we’re deep into January, how are you holding up? Got any new projects you’re working on? Is there anything we can do to help support you?
So let’s talk, TueNighters — what’s new?
I’ll start:
My oldest daughter got engaged last month (in my mind, she’s still 10)
And my middle girl is traveling overseas, for the first time, by herself (see parenthesis above)
The youngest is signing the lease on her 1st apartment and moving in with her boyfriend in UT (which, the last time I looked, is way on the other side of the map from NJ)
Grandbaby #2 is turning one next month (my son and DIL have begun planning for #3)
[takes a deep breath, blows bangs out of eyes]
Ferris Bueller was right, “Life moves pretty fast, etc” but duuuuude… don’t ask me about my new year goals… because I’m here… just trying to keep up… and that’s okay too, right?!?!?
Those are all big things!!
My eldest came to me and told me they were having mental health issue because their outside doesn’t match their inside. They came out as NB on Coming Out Day but presents as masculine. It was so hard to hear. My ex and I are working on finding a therapist to help work through these feelings. I’m also working on solutions to their body image issues. Couple that with their diagnosis yesterday of shingles (at 17!!) and I’m feeling at a loss because I want to help but feel overwhelmed.