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Mother's Day Stole Everything: How I'm Rebuilding at 56 After Losing Everyone The Raw Truth About Surviving When Life Takes Everyone You Love The Losses That Should Have Killed Me (But Didn't) Mother's Day 2019: My dad died. Unexpectedly. The man who taught me strength - gone. Mother's Day 2020: My brother died. Exactly one year later. Same day. The universe's sick joke. Mother's Day 2021: My mom and stepdad diagnosed with the worst strain of COVID. My stepdad didn't make it. Three Mother's Days. Three devastating losses. All unexpected. All soul-crushing. But wait, there's more. 2022: My horse of 22 years - my therapy, my peace, my constant - gone. 2023: After 18 years of marriage, while I'm still reeling from losing EVERYONE, my husband says: "I will be right back I am running to the store" an hour later I received a text that said this: "I am done, I won't be back." Let Me Paint You the REAL Picture of Starting Over at 56: I'm not just divorced. I'm not just grieving. I'm: - My Dad & Step Dad gone, father figures both gone - Siblingless (or it feels like it) one brother passed away my other brother and I haven't spoken since dad passed. - Husbandless (divorce still dragging on) - Traumatized by Mother's Day (I spend it calling everyone, terrified someone else will die) - Protecting my autistic son from my grief 24/7 (he mirrors my emotions - my pain becomes his) - Permanently injured from a scooter accident that broke my body at 56 - Building a business while drowning in grief - Working 16+ hours a day because stillness means feeling everything ...And here's the kicker: I'M STILL F***ING HERE. The Truth Nobody Tells You About Compound Grief After 50 They say time heals all wounds. They lied. Time just teaches you to function while bleeding internally. To smile when Mother's Day approaches and your PTSD whispers "who's next?" To build when everything inside you is broken. To lead when you can barely stand. But here's what I learned in the ruins: