One year later: an update for anyone in the thick of it

It is okay to feel relieved. Relief is not the same as not caring. The kids are more resilient than the fear tells you. Steady and honest is enough.

your line about small wins stacking up — yes. that's exactly how it went for me too. congrats on the year.

Thank you for coming back to post this — updates like yours do more for people in the early fog than anything a professional can say. The part about guilt fading slowly rings true to what I see in my practice every week.

needed this today. i'm about four months behind you and some days it feels like standing still. saving your post for the bad nights.