waiting for brother to call me to pick him up and drive him back.
I had the most awful night sleep - lack of sleep until I took a 1/4 of a melatonin at 3 am.
no pain which is good!
I was very frustrated when I finally woke up.
I think I need to have a better night time routine.
hello dear all!
hi d cathy - I never knew that they don't lay on their eggs until the brood has been laid. fascinating.
yay on your work!
hi d lady yay on your work!
hi d twins thank you for starting us - It's hard when our dd's need to release their anxiety to feel better - you want them to be able to talk to you but that anxiety can drain one very fast bc of the worry.
(((twins)))
I do know one thing, from my oldest daughter, these things do pass! They do survive just as we did! They don't always remember the anxiety they had during that time that they release all their stress to you! it's panic, frustration, and not realizing (because of youth and inexperience) that this too shall pass, learning to deal with these moments have to happen at some time in a Childs or young adults life.
During dd's college, there was a time that dd older was having a very difficult social time and would call me and cry, talk over and over and over again, cry again in a hysterical way because she had no idea what to do or that it wasn't the end of the world.
Years later we talked about it and she said "loved" her college time; all of it! She just needed to release her stress so she could think
! I had thought it was the worst thing but it was a time to learn from and it passed. For me it sounded like the end of the world for her; but it wasn't.
I remember I just couldn't be happy bc she was so unhappy. I knew I couldn't fix it but it made me sad. (I would call later and I would get the chipper - hi mom, what's new")
When we spoke of these moments, in later years, dd older responded - oh no - I had the best best time in college! I loved it.
Oh no it wasn't that big of a deal! "I was just upset and wanted to talk about it"
It will all work out - one way or another - she will choose a path and as time moves forward she will learn that too and be able to breath in and try to figure it out. It's a skill we learn and only we can learn it.
dd older now is 99% able to see it will pass but she will be upset and sometimes cries but those moments are short and then she finds a way to work through it or leave it as something she can do nothing about. I noticed over the years that the crisis of emotions stopped being the whole day or week but then an hour, then less time etc. Life showed her that things do pass! Resiliency does happen.