I have been holding some big stuff lately, and I wanted to talk to you about what that feels like. Maybe if I talk about it, it might help you too.
And I say I have been holding some big stuff “lately”, but maybe we’re always holding big stuff, all the time. It’s not just “lately” that it’s been happening. Maybe that’s just being a human being.
I was thinking about this after reading Grace Ackroyd's lovely piece on both talking to people who are not there, and the enormity of her feelings in a normal day. This is a beautiful piece of writing which really spoke to me and made me think about how we do the mundane stuff - make breakfast, walk the dog, make soup - while also holding the big, big stuff. And there’s big stuff coming up, for me anyway.
