Kids and I have had a miserable weekend, with last night ending in a huge lashing out at all of us, when she dropped off the kids stuff. Lots of blame, anger, hate words, demeaning comments to kids & straight out hatred stuff that I did when I wasn't at my best a few years ago to the kids in front of me.
I Love her so much & want nothing more for her to come back & us work through this. I know that this will take time (via how long Denver & Starsky spent DBing), especially now that OM is definitely in the picture. But I think my PMA was just shot down over the ocean.
As you've been keeping up with my sitch, you know we've been mirroring one another quite a bit over these last couple weeks, at least when it comes to the lashing out, OM discoveries etc.
Thankfully, we've got so much good help on these boards!
I know exactly how you feel about PMA getting hammered once in a while... But you have to remember (as do I) that it's a very uncomfortable thing for our WAWs to see a PMA from their LBS... It can't feel good for them to know that the emotional turmoil that's brewing just under their surface might not be affecting the LBS quite as much.
Now we all know that it does, but we also know that it's these little shreds of doubt that drive the situation crazy!
It takes a lot of work to keep a PMA, and we're all destined to lose it once in a while. We just need to soldier-on and fight to get it back, because it's the best thing for us. These ups and downs are not only normal, they're a good thing. It lets us know that BOTH parties still care enough...
