Times Like These

There are times when you just want to scream when you feel your losing a grip of life and events going on around you.  There are times when you are so happy you just want to hug everyone.  The past few weeks have been a bit of roller coaster.  A number of issues have recently arisen simultaneously within the Watson household, which will have quite wide ranging and deep impacts on our lives.

However, these issues are no different and no worse than those thrown at most families up and down the country.  The trouble is that when you are on your own everything becomes magnified appearing to be more critical than they really are.  Keeping life in perspective can be difficult. When you are in a couple you can absorb most of life issues, see them from different perspectives, coming up with a good compromise.  Actually facing these issues together makes you both stronger and re-enforces your bond. Recently I have found it is more difficult to keep a sense of balance perhaps becoming too emotionally involved to come up with a useful pragmatic solution.

Caroline always seemed to take these issues in her stride using her pragmatism to great affect.  Between us we would sort out most issues respecting each others’ views and perspectives.  I know that I can get quite stubborn about some things and can find myself “barking up the wrong tree”.  As a result there has been some emotional stress flying around over the past few weeks, which is not good for anyone.  Luckily and thankfully I have good friends and family who are good at opening my eyes to other routes to getting to the best answer.

We are not out of the woods yet!  As we progress through these journeys I will keep this blog updated.  Hold on tight it could be a rocky road. All I know is it will be times like these time and time again.