Childless Parents Newsletter, Winter 2021

Newsletter for Childless Parents | www.tcf.org.uk 8 beautifully heeled foot in front of the other. You know this bit too. Good spirits mode engaged” Easy to say James but not at all easy to do. These dark days are endless and at times unbearable. “Yes I know and yet, every year, you do bear them and then they pass. Remember that fundamental too. You have done it before and you will do it again” Hmmmmm. Doesn’t get any easier though. “Ok, but it gets more familiar. Take the things that you have learned from the past and apply it to the present. This will help in the future. Wow, that sounds very poetic! I like that” Show off “Am I wrong?” No, what you say makes sense. It’s just all very good in theory but not so easy in practice. Humans are more complicated than that. “So create your own distractions to distract you from the distractions. Like you did when you went to the theatre” I do. It’s just that sometimes it’s hard to find the energy or the willpower. “I know it’s hard but you have to keep trying. And sometimes, just the effort of trying keeps you a bit distracted doesn’t it? It’s another fundamental. Try and find your own way of dealing with the season. Everyone has a lollipop mum. You just have to find it” “What? A lollipop? James, have you been drinking? I know it’s the start of your favourite time of year, have you been having a few good spirits of your own? What on Earth do lollipops have to do with it? “Look at that photo”