Today I am thankful for a small breakthrough.
Have you ever noticed all of the ads
on the right side column of every Facebook page? I never really did
until after I lost Claire. All of a sudden I felt as though I was being
inundated with baby ads for everything from toys and strollers, to
clothes and photography. You name it there, seemed to be a baby related
ad for it.
In the beginning I would simple cry
when I saw them. Then I wondered if Facebook would really listen to the
feedback that they ask for about the ads. I started to write that my
reason for not liking the ad was, “I am no longer pregnant.” After a
couple of weeks of writing and not seeing any change I began to write,
“My baby died.” And still no change so I then changed it up to a more
“subtle” “MY BABY IS DEAD!! STOP. STOP.”
Well, as you can guess those ads kept popping up.
The breakthrough came yesterday.
I realized that it has been a couple
of weeks since I have sent a message to Facebook about the ads. I
realized that they really don’t bother me as much anymore and that I
have come to terms with seeing them...
And it feels so good to let go.
