Why a Christmas Card That Has Been Sent To My Daughter Hit Me Hard

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are going into homeschooling. My youngest two daughters will be going into homeschooling too after the holidays.The reason why my daughter got a Christmas card was that they got three days free. This is because in the Netherlands we went into full lockdown again. Christmas is coming up and so she got a card about how well she worked the last months.I got some kind of lump in my throat. It closed in a bit and so I got really emotional about the message in the card. Swallowing was no longer possible, and I could barely hold back my tears. The message said: “You have worked very hard. We are going to continue through online lessons.” I felt the positivity, but also, it affected me a lot and it hit like a bomb, even though I expected schools to close. You are just presented by the facts, but harder.That such a positive Christmas Card could affect me, I didn’t expect. I thought I could handle it. I cried, but I tried not to sh

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ow that to my daughters because I thought if they see me, they would ask what is going on, but I didn’t want to talk about it. I was very emotional inside, just because of a positive card, while we are in the second lockdown.Maybe there was something that I was fearing, such as my time, me-time, or how am I supposed to handle the screen time when my children need my laptop and when I need my laptop? Do we have another laptop that we can work on? Can they get a device from school? Well, the answer is to wait until the teachers prepare the online lessons. They needed the three days they gave off to the students.This morning, reflecting on my emotions from yesterday, I realized I got those emotions because my youngest daughter is ill at home and couldn’t say goodbye to her friends. She has an issue with her asthma.This positive card made me feel different emotions at the same time, which I didn’t expect.</article></body>

Emotions from a Christmas card.

My middle daughter came home from school yesterday. With all the stuff she needs for homeschooling after the Christmas break — including a Christmas Card from her teacher. Her school got three extra days off before the actual Christmas holidays. Other schools are going into homeschooling. My youngest two daughters will be going into homeschooling too after the holidays.

The reason why my daughter got a Christmas card was that they got three days free. This is because in the Netherlands we went into full lockdown again. Christmas is coming up and so she got a card about how well she worked the last months.

I got some kind of lump in my throat. It closed in a bit and so I got really emotional about the message in the card. Swallowing was no longer possible, and I could barely hold back my tears. The message said: “You have worked very hard. We are going to continue through online lessons.” I felt the positivity, but also, it affected me a lot and it hit like a bomb, even though I expected schools to close. You are just presented by the facts, but harder.

That such a positive Christmas Card could affect me, I didn’t expect. I thought I could handle it. I cried, but I tried not to show that to my daughters because I thought if they see me, they would ask what is going on, but I didn’t want to talk about it. I was very emotional inside, just because of a positive card, while we are in the second lockdown.

Maybe there was something that I was fearing, such as my time, me-time, or how am I supposed to handle the screen time when my children need my laptop and when I need my laptop? Do we have another laptop that we can work on? Can they get a device from school? Well, the answer is to wait until the teachers prepare the online lessons. They needed the three days they gave off to the students.

This morning, reflecting on my emotions from yesterday, I realized I got those emotions because my youngest daughter is ill at home and couldn’t say goodbye to her friends. She has an issue with her asthma.

This positive card made me feel different emotions at the same time, which I didn’t expect.

Mental Health / Emotions / Health / Lockdown

Why a Christmas Card That Has Been Sent To My Daughter Hit Me Hard

Emotions from a Christmas card.