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Peg Conway's avatar

A child's ER visit/illness takes so much out of a parent! I hope she's on the mend. Thanks for these wise words today.

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Truly so much. Thank you 🧡

Michelle Dixon, Ph.D.'s avatar

Beautiful insight into the gift of caring even when it can feel like an ocean we are drowning in! Glad your daughter is okay ❤️

Lisa Olivera's avatar

These words, yes 🧡 thank you so.

Alenka's avatar

“I want to tell you how exhausting it is to tend to shame in a world that prescribes it.” - oh, a hundred times yes to this. Another gem of a text, thank you Lisa 🥺❤️

Lisa Olivera's avatar

🧡🧡🧡

Susi K.'s avatar

Sending healing vibes for your daughter and hope she’s well on the road to recovery. I wish I could do the same for the world we live in… 💕

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Ohh I wish that so much. Thank you 🧡

Anjali Amit's avatar

So beautiful it brought tears dripping down. Broke open the heart to let in the world in all its glory and mess. Thank you

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Thank you for taking the time to read -- so grateful it connected with you. <3

Wendi Gordon's avatar

“I want to tell you how exhausting it is to tend to shame in a world that prescribes it.

I want to tell you this dissonance is not your fault.” Of the many important things you tell us in this post, I see this as especially essential to remember as we tend to our own wounds and those of others.

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Essential 💛

Alexandra Leduc's avatar

I hope your daughter is better. And thank you for your words. It touched me deeply into my soul.

Lisa Olivera's avatar

So grateful, thank you 💛

Cynthia Wall, LCSW's avatar

I’m so happy your daughter is back to breathing. That you can sit in a coffee shop without panicking. I wrote in the waiting rooms of so many hospitals. Often TO another person who would understand. Once I was waiting for my husband who had a big stroke mid a minor procedure. No news no news no news. And I texted a friend who was sitting bedside with her mother in hospice. We held each other. As you are holding us. ❤️🙏

Lisa Olivera's avatar

The tenderness of this -- the holding. Thank you 🧡

Ruth's avatar

Oh I love this. A mom caring for her daughter who is sick is heartbreaking and caring. We need the anchors more than ever.

Love your words. “But only because caring happens when our hearts are open, and it’s in that opening we feel all of life more acutely… which is often the very place our care can widen from.”

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Heartbreaking and caring feels so accurate 🧡

Melissa Donner's avatar

As many others have shared, this was just what I needed after an endless week of so many feelings. Thank you for the gift of your words and your caring. And much love to your daughter for a continued healthy recovery.

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Thank you for reading, and for your loving words 🧡

Laila's avatar

“what a gift it is to remember we can re-center care again and again, even when we fumble or forget how, even when it feels like a kernel in the face of a universe, even when the results of that care aren’t always obvious in the moment.”

How wonderful this quote is. Thank you for your words. 💕

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Thank you for being here 💛

Kiya Taylor's avatar

This was beautiful to receive. Thank you. I hope your daughter recovers smoothly 🤍

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Thank you so 💛

Wat Ik Kwijt Wil's avatar

This reminded me to the point of tears and brought me back to choosing caring the way I can over closing off. Thank you, again.

Lisa Olivera's avatar

💛💛💛

Ana Luther's avatar

Thank you Lisa. Are you talking to me? :)

Lesley Riley's avatar

Thanks, Lisa. Just what we all needed to hear/read - especially accompanied by the soul-soothing music.

Lisa Olivera's avatar

So glad it reached you 💛

reese's avatar

Thank you for sharing, I too shed tears. Read this in a moment when it was exactly what I needed to hear, I know others will feel the same.

Lisa Olivera's avatar

Thank you for reading 💛