I just had a moment.
In my mind, I said, “I just miss my friends.”
Somewhere between the visual and mental chaos of spreadsheets, outlook invites, social media rants and perpetual fears about how people will treat each other in the future…. This sentence squeaked in, and I stopped in my tracks. I didn’t just pull up the next task on my computer screen. I stopped here to ask, “what do you mean?”
I think I mean… those moments with your girlfriends when you feel unconditional love, and a sense of optimism pours over you, as you feel this strength in numbers against the world.
When you look around and we’re all laughing about something very standard in the kitchen, like why a toaster pops; I don’t know. There’s probably wine involved.
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The world is making us feel alone. Correction, we’re participating in the creation of a world that makes us feel alone. We’re not victims to it, as this society is our own as it is anyone’s. Alone with our ideas, alone with our fears, alone with our achievements.
Young moms are struggling with their time and personal goals. Not-yet-moms are struggling with their identity if it’s not working, or it’s not meant to be. Never-going-to-be-moms are struggling with our society’s acceptance.
I myself, am one of those three scenarios – and I just want to feel the love of my tribe. I want to hear them laugh about someone’s terrible rapping. I want to be reminded that we are all fighting the same fight.
If you do too, here is my reminder. We all miss each other.
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