I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
First accept sadness. Realize that without losing winning isn't so great.
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.