Finding the Strength

[LoisB]

I'm feeling like I've reached a breaking point that I cannot recover from.

Bull. What, then, for your boys? Not buying it. Get off the pity party bus.

I'm feeling that the beast is winning at this point and I'd be better off getting off this crazy train. She pushed me to a place I never thought I'd go.

Yup, she won last night. You see that you were an active participant by allowing her to push you, right? What else could you have done?

When my students get into a tiff, afterwards, everyone has to answer the question, "What could you have done differently?"

So, J, what could you have done differently?

Mind you, I said ONE curse word to her after being cursed at 3 times. I know we aren't supposed to keep score, but there it is.

Seriously? Come on now. Now, you really do sound like my jr. high boy students. "But, Mrs. B! He told me I was this and he used three obscenities!"

Stop it. You're better than this. Go back a few days and re-read what you posted when you said you felt like this was was the first day of the rest of your life.

You got this. You just had a really bad moment. Now, learn from it.

YOUR BOYS NEED YOU.

I get the sense that this argument scared you. Why?