Life...

If you are alive at this minute then every other person who is alive too have something in common with you. It's called life. No matter what kind of life you lead, we all have to deal with whatever happens when life takes over.
This is how I felt this past week. Nothing unusual really happened but it was simply a week of life taking over and causing every emotion in me to be ignited. I went from laughing to crying. I felt happy and sad. Mostly sad but almost equally happy. Am I making much sense? It's quite hard to explain. All I know is I had a week of frustration. I felt "out of sorts" of some kind. I was not entirely unhappy all the time but I had moments of frustration. Times when I felt overwhelmed. Times when I was purely miserable.
As a stay-at-home Mom (SAHM), I am dealing with a lot of frustration with my son who is going through the terrible twos.
We go through a kind of love-hate relationship now and sometimes I get so mad and unsure if I can last another minute. Then just as quickly I'll be on the floor laughing so hard from something he had just finished doing that was so funny.
I am on a emotional roller coaster right now. There are days when I want to get off the roller coaster. Other times, I'm enjoying the ride tremendously. I coach myself with reassurance and remind myself that I have been on this ride before. My daughter went through the terrible twos a few years back and I survived. I comfort myself with knowing that "I have been there, done that and bought the t-shirt." Sometimes though my comforting is short-lived and I wake up on days like today with a headache and not sure how I will make it through another day of toddler tantrums.
So what to do when life takes over? You do the one thing you can do. You live. You also remember this: Philippians 4:13 "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me."