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Mommy Meltdown
by Chris Fleming
Well last night I had a mommy melt down at Nicks speech. When we arrived the door was locked for some reason, and that was enough to put him into a tail spin for the rest of the night. I finally got him in the building where he sat and screamed and hit himself for over 1/2 hour. I stood my ground with him and didn't leave (even though my emotions were telling me to). After he was totally emotionally and physically drained, we were able to get him into his class. After he went into his class, I lost it. I really couldn't even contain my emotions, and the tears just seemed to roll out of my eyes with out me able to stop them. I know what all the therapists say about not paying attention to the behavior as long as they are not hurting themselves, but it NEVER gets easier to see your child so upset and hitting himself with such anger. Well, to say the least, we were both drained after that visit. I know last time I wrote about it being OK to let our kids get their ITCH out for whatever reason they might be going through, and I still believe that. I truly believe it's also OK for the parents to have melt downs every now and then. I feel we try to hold it all together for everyone else, but some of us never give ourselves the time to just have a bad day!!! We go through this journey of not knowing what today will hold; will it be a good day or will it be bad? It is a hard job, and sometimes I know for myself I just need mommy time up in my room to let out a good cry!!! I know it doesn't change anything, but it lets me know I am not numb to the situation yet, and the feelings are still very raw in my mind!!!
Well, hope everyone has one of those goods days,
Chris
Life with a PUZZLE!!!
