A Better Frame of Mind

I haven’t posted in the last few days. I just was not in the right frame of mind. A cartoon rendering of my thoughts would have included an ominous looking gray cloud along with symbols indicating expletives in the bubble over my head. I felt like posting a few times and detailing my litany of complaints ranging from an aching back to a sick dog, but I realized I didn’t want to write about them. No good would have really come of it. Sure, there are times when writing is wonderfully cathartic, but there are also times when it just perpetuates a bad mood. A posting over the last few days would have just done the later for me. Let’s face it--there are just days when motherhood (and impending motherhood) just plain sucks.

Dr. Seuss addresses this fact about life in his book “Oh The Places You’ll Go.” Had he written this book in relationship to motherhood, a line might have read something like this:
“I’m sorry to say so
But sadly it’s true
That teething toddlers, puking dogs, and leaking pipes on new refrigerators will happen to you.”

And, much like the good doctor explains in his book, there are times you just have to rise above it. Thankfully, many of the annoyances motherhood presents are finite although they may not seem so at the time. My advice- go to bed early. It ends the day and who knows, tomorrow just might be better. After all, as the old saying goes, “While there is breath there is hope.”