Thank you for this, it resonates. I’m an only daughter of hardworking Caribbean immigrants. The women in my family moved to the US as nannies and elder care workers for other families. They worked their asses off at work and at home and expected the same of us. I was one of the oldest children, so I was often the mother to my cousins while the adults worked. Rest was not concept. I’m finally learning in my 40s to rest.
Hi Aja! Thank you for connecting with my writing and for sharing. Also thank you for all the missed ones along the way of your growing up, big sis! I’m so proud of you for learning to rest!! You deserve the rest. You deserve gentleness! 💛
Thank you for this, it resonates. I’m an only daughter of hardworking Caribbean immigrants. The women in my family moved to the US as nannies and elder care workers for other families. They worked their asses off at work and at home and expected the same of us. I was one of the oldest children, so I was often the mother to my cousins while the adults worked. Rest was not concept. I’m finally learning in my 40s to rest.
Hi Aja! Thank you for connecting with my writing and for sharing. Also thank you for all the missed ones along the way of your growing up, big sis! I’m so proud of you for learning to rest!! You deserve the rest. You deserve gentleness! 💛