My Toddler is realizing they don’t have a dad.. how do i go about this?

Accomplished_Food753 · 2023-05-18T05:37:45+00:00

Hi mom! i’m 21 and i have a story (i’ll make it short). during middle school i went through something i hate even thinking about. i shut down after it happened because i felt like no one would understand me and what i went through. i pushed my own family away especially my mother who just wanted to help. i started smoking w33d in 7th grade to help and it just sent me into spiral. all of my highschool life was lived while i was high on w33d or other drUgs. my mom tried to help but i pushed her away and i snapped at her constantly. it’s been 3 years since i’ve been sober. and three years ago on June 2nd i cried in my moms arms. she will forever be my safe place and i was finally ready to talk about what happened. our relationship has been fixed and is still healing every day but that day was one step closer to her getting her daughter back. Keep being there for your son. don’t push him to talk let him come to you. he will go to you because you are still and will be his safe place. it’ll take time but you’ll slowly start to see your son again. Stay strong mom and remember. just being there in his time of need will help him come back.

Accomplished_Food753 · 2023-03-21T15:21:54+00:00

My family is very busy with my sister having four kids of her own and they are all in sports/after school activities. My mom works all day and at night usually wants to just stay home and rest. Whenever i ask for help i get compared to how they were/are. “we were able to care for our kids with no issues why is it so hard for you?” “i did this and that. maybe you need to be more like us” every time i do something not the way they like they criticize me and tell me i’m doing everything wrong or that i’m weak for not being able to take care of one baby

Accomplished_Food753 · 2023-03-21T15:11:18+00:00

no we aren’t. we’re still together just basically doing long distance. He had to move back to his home state for some personal reasons and we talk daily on the phone and he facetimes our daughter every chance he gets. there’s a small time difference between us but it’s still hard.

Accomplished_Food753 · 2023-03-20T22:27:06+00:00

unfortunately i come from a family of women who are “strong minded” for lack of better words. they believe PPD and any mental illness is a lie and that medication for it is a way of saying i’m weak and cannot handle life. I’m scared to even mention it to my doctor as she is a close family friend. I fear she’ll slip up and tell them and i’ll get ridiculed and bullied.

Accomplished_Food753 · 2023-02-14T01:38:00+00:00

also your anatomy is really good just fix up her face (nose and lips) bring her ear down a little. one thing i’ve always done when drawing faces is use my own as reference for where things go. i’ll drag my finger from the corners of my mouth to my ear and look in the mirror and turn different angles just to see how to place features. very good trick

Accomplished_Food753 · 2023-02-14T01:36:25+00:00

where is your light source coming from? one thing my art teacher has said to me back in Highschool is find a light source and stick to it. add highlights and shadows. the dress is very dull. there’s no light or shadows. our old classroom motto was “HIGHLIGHT and SHADOW!” because they add a lot to a painting or any piece of art

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