Dear anxiety:
You make me feel like a hollow shell of who I really am.
You make me feel like less of a person.
You make me feel isolated and alone.
You make me doubt my faith.
You make me question everything.
You make me miss important life events.
You make my heart pound.
You make me feel faint.
You make my head hurt.
You make my stomach ache.
You make my body sick.
You make my spirit sick.
You make my life toxic.
You make me feel like less of a mother.
You make me feel like less of a wife.
You make me realize I need help.
You make me realize I don’t have to live this way.
You make me determined to overcome.
You make me determined today is the day.
You make me determined you will not win one more moment of
me.
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Donna is a biomom stepmom mom. Her website is Families Unbroken, where she writes a lot about blending her family and encouraging other moms like her. Over the last few years, she has also written about the journey with her son after he was diagnosed with Chiari malformation. She also has written and published a children's book about Chiari entitled "I Have Chiari But It Doesn't Have Me. She has been published on numerous sites such as The Unveiled Wife, Her View From Home, Huffington Post and All4Women. Her and her son started Luke's Prayer Bears and have prayed over and sent over 60 bears to children and adults as well who have faced sickness and pain.
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