Okay.
Okay.
I want everyone to take a deep breath, Lean away from your computer, put your phone down for a moment, and just breathe.
It’s really easy to go into a downhill spiral, especially on this website, because everything bad is filling up your dashboard, one post after another, and this is very, very overwhelming.
It’s okay. I promise it’s okay. We still have community, we still have each other, we still have reason and rightness. It’s okay.
Take a deep breath. Exhale slowly. Text someone important to you, hug someone close to you, stretch, eat a snack, play a game. It’s okay. It’s okay.
Be conservative about the amount of negativity you let yourself see tonight. it’s all bad, but it all says the same thing. It’s okay. I’m here, you’re here, let your brain breathe for a second.
Tag: breathe. breaaaathe.
Let me give a bit of context for this one.
This is a super-simple lullaby my mother used to sing to myself and my little sister. My nan sang it as well. I have no idea how old it is or where it came from. When I hear it or sing it, these days, it comes with a massive flood of accompanying emotion.
I sing it to the Dwarfling these days. She says ‘shhhh’ between phrases, just the way I do. Just the way my mum does – and her mum too.
My little sister is about to have her first child, due on New Year’s Day. I wanted to give her and her “little pickle” something special and meaningful. She painted three beautiful pictures for the Dwarfling’s room before she arrived; they hang above her bed as I type this. I wondered, ‘what could possibly mean as much to her as that does to me? I’m no artist.”
So i decided to arrange the lullaby for her. I don’t know how well it works, but I DO know that I choked up a little as I sang it.
Anyone with small persons in their lives or who just need a simple, soothing, song to unwind and breathe in and out to – here we go, I hope you enjoy it. It was made with a hell of a lot of love.
@erebortrash – breathe in, breathe out.
*hugs and strokes your hair*
Aw Yiss 