Living with Molly: Here We Go Again!

🎵 Everybody Hurts (https://youtu.be/wXT7X_bf9lU?si=F_eMxqJLganPqGdu) sorry it’s a sad song!!

Because sometimes the strongest thing you can do is say you’re not okay.

I’ve felt really weepy this morning, and the strange thing is, there’s nothing particularly scary about today’s appointment. It’s just the pre-op. Just more information & planning as to what happens next.

I think this morning has just hit me a bit as I’ve been listening to people talking about mental health, about how much talking and sharing helps, and it’s made me really reflective.

Between mental health and cancer, I feel like my family has been on quite a journey in one way or another over the years. So if there’s one thing I know for certain, it’s this:

People matter.

Friends matter.
Family matters.
Talking matters.

Back in my old blog I used to say “life is for living” and I still believe that now, more than ever.

This week alone, people have reached out to me privately sharing their own stories, people who’ve had cancer, beaten it, and then had it come back years later & some of them completely shocked me because I never knew and part of me feels sad about that.

Sad that they carried something so huge quietly and that I never got the chance to support them or simply say “I get it.” But I also understand it, because not everybody finds it easy to talk- some people keep things in and people cope privately. That’s just human nature. Thank god not everyone’s the same!

I just know that for me, having people around me makes all the difference in the world, because what’s life without people to laugh with, cry with, rant to, sit quietly with or message saying “I’m having a rubbish day”?

I don’t really know where this post is going today if I’m honest. I think I’m just emotional & reflective and I’m overwhelmed maybe?!

I do know this though – talking helps and none of us are supposed to do life completely alone.

Sam x