Hey everyone, welcome to this community episode of the Motherkind podcast.

This is the place where you're going to feel less alone, where you might just hear your story told through the words of another,

and where you are definitely going to access more compassion for yourself and others as we go through this wild ride of

motherhood together. This week is Emma's story and it's one of loss and grief and how navigating

your metrescence with grief isn't talked about enough. I hope that you find comfort and inspiration in Emma's words. Here it is.

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And how much of a game changer that is.

You just got back, didn't you?

Where did you get back from?

Yeah, so we were just on a family holiday away to my husband's parents' house. So they happened to live in Germany. So it was the best of both worlds because we stayed in a little apartment in a little town next to the parents. We had a washing machine, which was a lifesaver. So I don't have that much laundry to do. And I was saying, I don't think I can never go away again without a washing machine. Number one criteria. Well, I was telling you, we went to Tenerife at Easter into a hotel,

but there was a washing machine in the hotel. So I did a little bit of laundry every single day.

I loved doing it. It was joyful when you don't have the rest of the mental load.

It was just great. And then I came back with this suitcase full of clean, washed, folded clothes. Honestly, my husband, guy, was like, why are you so

excited about this? I was like, because it's just another thing that we don't have to think of

when we get back. That's exactly. I was enjoying it in a way when I was doing it abroad because I

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