In Case

Nanea Hoffman – Sweatpants and Coffee LLC

I think we all feel overwhelmed by what’s happening in our own lives, to people we love, to our country and the world beyond – most of it things we can do little or nothing about.

We feel useless. I refer to this, when talking to my friends, as wanting to ‘wave my magic wand’ – ‘fixing’ them when they are sick, yelling at the companies or situations causing them pain, advising them to consult the experts, raging with them about the unfairness of it all – because all regular advice or coping mechanisms are failing.

Sometimes we feel as if we are completely inadequate to the task. We get down and depressed. We want to deaden the pain, escape from the fear of what is coming, lash out at the world at large.

The very worst time in my life was after having 3 miscarriages, finally giving to birth to Brian, another miscarriage, and then Jade – we lost her to SIDS when she was 2 months old. Both my husband and I seriously considered suicide because the pain seemed unbearable. Finally we went on to help each other through it and continued to raise Brian ( 2 at the time ) as best we could.

Nanea Hoffman is asking us to remember when we were care-free and innocent, having no idea how cruel our world can be. She wants us to remember that there is ‘something’ way, way down inside each of us that enables us to go on when our heads and hearts tell us to give up. That ‘something’ is strong enough to overcome whatever happens in life. Even though you think there is no way you can stand what is happening, that ‘something’ is always there, giving you strength and the courage to continue. And that ‘something’ is always there, ready when you need it most.

Remember.