A mother navigating immigration delays and visa uncertainty wakes each morning gripped by fear. Her mantra: acknowledge what she has right now—a home, a car, her kids—and that she's okay in this moment. She breathes through it with tea, movement, and staying present.
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Okay, so now I'll take a breath. You take a breath. I want to talk about my emotional journey through this time, because this journey has taken a lot of blind faith and trust. Like I have not been able to see around corners. I have not known. I have not known what outcomes of things were going to be. I did that Social Security number end up taking us like. 5 weeks or something to get— 6 weeks even. Um, luckily I didn't need that to enroll them into school. The visa was enough. So there is— I think probably I'd like to share my little mantra with you, and that is because with so much going on and so much needing to be figured out, it's right now in this present moment, I am okay. Like, I have Enough of what I need. I have a house. I have— I can drive the kids to school. Like, I am okay right now. And I have been listening to a lot of other people on YouTube. I follow a lot of amazing accounts, and they're always about bringing it back into the present and following your joy. So balancing the following your joy with sheer panic and Like, like, I wake up in the morning and I'm like, oh my God, like, I am so afraid and so overwhelmed by fear of the unknown, of not knowing, that it actually takes my breath away. I've got— I'm nearly crying because it does feel so terrifying. And so if anyone ever feels like that, like me, my trick is— In bed is the worst place to be. Get up, I get up and just do a little morning ritual, like go and make yourself a cup of tea, just do something to get yourself moving and do something that's familiar and then lots of breathing.
