Nobody likes you when you are depressed.
Plain and simple. We could talk all day about mental health and how important it is, but the moment you are depressed, people start to distance themselves. They see you as negative, a burden, and someone too heavy to handle.
I’ve watched her carry storms in silence, wiped her on tears in silence when no one is watching, and rise every time life tried to break her.
She’s not just my mom,
She’s my strength,
She’s my safe place,
She’s my everything
I grew up watching my mother handle any obstacle life threw on her. I'm sure she cried herself to sleep many nights, but she still got up every morning and did an amazing job raising us. I could never be weak, I learnt from the best.
If you ask me about my mother, I’ll smile and say she’s kind, she’s funny, she lights up every room.
But if you ask me with your heart open…
I’ll pause, swallow the lump on my throat, and tell she’s the strongest soul I’ve ever known.