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My thoughts on letting yourself feel sad - without guilt 💙

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so, my parents are divorced. they got divorced when i was pretty young, but old enough to be privy to the fact that divorce was the best option.

my mom was a single mom raising two kids, getting her master’s degree, and working full time. naturally, certain things don’t get done/taught/etc. then.

for us, it was #cooking. i didn’t learn to cook. and thus, i hated it.

i was effectively raising my brother since mom was gone all the time (and we were poor, lol) so it was a lot of microwave meals and kraft mac and cheese. cooking seemed like this daunting task that was too hard for me to do.

flashback to the present day - my boyfriend loves to cook. (yay!) so we have started cooking at home quite a bit , and i’ve slowly been picking up a couple things. still wouldn’t say i understand the whole “omg i love to cook!” but it’s not an eye roll when it’s mentioned.

today, my boyfriend’s mom who is from Poland is teaching me how to make Gołąbki (stuffed cabbage) and i finally get the idea of how special that time is. i’m so grateful to be able to learn from her, and what a practical skill to learn!

anyway, feeling good. hope y’all are having a nice night