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If you had been here about three years ago at this time of year, you would have seen me have a series of meltdowns.
I had relatively recently moved to London, I had shallow friendships because I hadn’t known people long, and I had Jasper who was 6mo and Ruby was on the way.
I had relatively recently moved to London, I had shallow friendships because I hadn’t known people long, and I had Jasper who was 6mo and Ruby was on the way.
I felt like I had failed them because I hadn’t lived in a way that had built a community around us and suddenly that felt very important.
I felt like I was the cause they didn’t have family around them - even though if we were living in Oz, Mikes family doesn’t get together, my Mums estranged, my Dads dead, and my sister lives 1700miles away.
These things get blown out of proportion when your kids are very small - but then again, a lot of people are very sad about not seeing family this year, so maybe it wasn’t so out of proportion.
Twitter was a real lifeline for starting to build a community for myself and feeling more confident to do it irl. I have been incredibly blessed with the people that I’ve met through Twitter - and also the ones I haven’t managed to meet in person yet.
Anyway, I’m soppy and sentimental. I’m thinking of all those people who, like I did, discover that they feel isolated in the festive season; and I hope it changes for you soon.
