Hello. I’m Here. Barely. August 23, 2010
Posted by Emily in : Family, My Handsome Husband, Parenthood, Thoughts , 9commentsHello internet.
Hello Pam. Thanks for noticing my absence. 
Honestly, I’ve got nothin’.
I’ve just come away from a very, very bad week. The kind that changes your life FOREVER. (So you know, heavy stuff.)
To top it off, I was extremely busy with photo shoots last week (check my photo blog cause I’ve been posting there) which was great, but a bit stressful given our lovely week.
Sometimes life SUCKS. BAD.
A few days ago, I photographed the kids of the dentist who fixed Hannah’s teeth. During casual conversation with him and his wife, I started crying.
HELLO. PEOPLE. CRYING ON THE JOB.
Totally not cool. Did I mention I don’t know these people? Yep. Just met the wife 30 seconds before the shoot and I’ve only seen the dentist while he was working on Hannah’s mouth.
What can I say, I’ve been out of sorts.
I have no juice. I have nothing to write.
I have audibly reminded myself like a trillion times, “It’s not the challenges you receive in life, it’s how you handle them.” David asked me why I kept saying that (out loud, to myself mind you) and I told him, “BECAUSE I NEED TO HEAR IT.”
In an effort to help, many people try to think of someone else they know who’s situation was worse than yours, and how things turned around and there was this beautiful ending . . .
Well, let me tell you folks . . . IT DOESN’T HELP.
I’m not interested in comparing crappy situations. Those heart warming stories (while nice and all) do not make me feel better one iota. I know people are just trying to help, but seriously . . . JUST. STOP. IT.
I just want to be heard by people I know and trust, and then in some weird twisted way, I feel SO MUCH BETTER when people say. “Seriously, that DOES suck.” What can I say? I’m a woman who wants to be heard; the “problem solving” conversations are not helping.
Interestingly enough, earlier in the week I came across this video which I bawled throughout:
And you know what? I have the most important things in place in my life. I have a wonderful husband, two darling, healthy kidlets, a supportive family, and I know God has not forgotten about us.
I have no idea what his plans are though.
