Comments on: Falling rock

By: Just Jamie

Just Jamie — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:07:22 +0000

Funny, because although I’m a few days behind on getting here, I landed exactly here for a reason. I’m feeling it too. Please God don’t hear me saying I need anything nasty to happen, but, yes, my life is good. And yet… And yet…

Quiet. Where is the quiet anyway?

Just Jamies last blog post..Pulsing and Buzzing

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:51:36 +0000

Part of what keeps me going is being able to write about things that stress me.
I only recently started a blog, but I also keep an old fashioned journal and I have written in it a lot.
I have friends I can lean on and talk to.
I also have a therapist. That has helped the most.
I tried pharmaceuticals, but that didn’t work for me.
Just made me very lethargic.

I think it’s different for everyone, but similar.
Meaning we all have different ways of dealing, but some of those ways are similar.

And God.. I rely on God. I pray a lot.

And sometimes.. I just lose my shit.
I used to try to keep it altogether.
But have since found out, I don’t have to.
There are people around me who will
be there for me and hold me together
when I cannot contain myself.

So, yeah.. that’s how I handle it.
If that’s what you want to call it.

Oh, and it helps me a lot to read about
what other people go through… like by
reading your post here.
It helps me know I’m not alone.

Kates last blog post..Cake!

By: Denise @ EatPlayLove

Denise @ EatPlayLove — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:18:28 +0000

I think we do fall apart, but for the most part not as dramatically as a rock wall. Maybe it's just a boulder here and there. Gosh, hope someone is there to pick me up if I ever turn into a rockslide. I guess my best advice is to savor those tiny moments that may just slip away. A beautiful flower growing from a crack in a parking lot, a small rain shower mid day, your children smiling. Denise @ EatPlayLoves last blog post..Got Old Pots & Pans, Create Some Family Music!

By: Rhea

Rhea — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:25:31 +0000

My kids keep me going…then again, sometimes they’re the problem, and in that case, a bottle of Xanax keeps me going. hehe

By: Jenn @ Juggling Life

Jenn @ Juggling Life — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:53:53 +0000

It’s so interesting that some times in your life you can handle so much and other times little things send you over the edge.

Keep your chin up.

Jenn @ Juggling Lifes last blog post..It’s Not A Comic, But It Is Funny

By: Julie Pippert

Julie Pippert — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:02:07 +0000

Edith Wharton expressed something similar albeit a bit more cynically, and I find I like hers quite well.

I have had many days and times in which I have cried, “ARGH I cannot take it any more!” and what I mean is: cannot take it with grace, maturity and stoicism. So I break down and let myself have a nice tantrum or cry or whatever. I’m always afraid the get there because instead of trusting that the child in me is one of many layers, I’m afraid the immature is the foundation and what I’d crumble to if I let it all go.

Anyway what I like about your idea of driving is the coming home.

At some of the “can’t can’t can’t” times I’ve gone for drives. I calm down. Then I choose to go home. What a difference, that choosing, can make.

Julie Pipperts last blog post..Hump Day Hmm on Saturday and giving new meaning the phrase "crapped on my day"

By: Lisa Milton

Lisa Milton — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:22 +0000

I was in a state last night, really aggravated. When booze & reading don’t do it for me, sometimes taking a walk helps. (I just remembered you live in high hell heat. Nevermind. Come winter?)

I also talk to myself a lot which makes me look like a raving idiot – I’m easy to spot – but sometimes it helps me resist the temptation to choke Build-a-Cult followers.

By: Akelamalu

Akelamalu — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:39:58 +0000

What keeps me going? The surety that things will definitely look better in the morning, after a sleepless night worrying!

Whatever life throws at me I will cope with, one way or another – what choice do you have?

Akelamalus last blog post..Oblivious….

By: JCK

JCK — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:38:49 +0000

Whew…glad I don’t have to duck. I don’t know. Sometimes it is as simple as getting more sleep. When I try to do so many things and am snapping around every corner, I ask myself…how much sleep have I had. Usually I have been burning the candle at both ends.

No answer other than that. And I’m going to bed. Soon.

JCKs last blog post..That’s what whining children will do to you

By: suburbancorrespondent

suburbancorrespondent — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:11:55 +0000

Give thanks for whatever bothers you. Here, I’ll start. Thank you, Lord, for having my teen daughter hate me and make me feel like my mother. Thank you for how lousy she makes me feel every single day.

Fake gratitude – it helps. Honest. It makes you feel like there is a bigger plan to it all, and gets you out of your box.

If I sound crazy, it’s because I am!

suburbancorrespondents last blog post..Think Up Your Own Damn Title