The power is in you and you are in control even when it feels as if you have none.

Hello World. The following was written 8/10/2017.

When I logged into Facebook after work I came across a post from my Son. In it he was articulating something he was experiencing. The following was his question and my response.

My Son asks, “Has anyone else ever been so fucking angry that they shudder a bit? I am to that point right now, fuck this bullshit.”

My response, “I have had many moments like that sweetheart. I can remember how helpless I felt in those moments too. One such instant was the day I had to hold you still while a doctor caused you physical pain giving you shots. I was angry and frustrated at this need to cause you pain. I was angry and frustrated I was a part of causing you that pain and trauma. I was angry and frustrated at being told I did not have a choice in any of it. Told I “HAD” to vaccinate you for some imagined possible infection which may or may not occur at some unknown future date. I would be shaking uncontrollably by the end of those doctor visits. I would find a place to sit down and just hold you and cry as you cried trying to comfort you, as much as I was getting comfort from you.

I have found taking some time to sit down and breath deeply in silence can help to calm me. I concentrate on my breathing and start looking at why I am upset. I start asking myself questions like, “Am I judging this situation/person? How is this of benefit to me? If I am upset I must…