my father always told me “if you want to go for a run, go for a run, don't look for company. sooner or later, on your fifth run or your twentieth, likeminded people will find you themselves” and only recently have i realized that this principle works everywhere.
Being a mother showed me how to shake anything off & get back to it. You got a few seconds to cry, be upset, angry & mad before you gotta pull it together for the child that’s depending on you. Even when we’re tired of being strong we have no other choice but to for our kid/kids.