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The Art of Accepting

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I was a horrible little child, when I was a child, at least that's what I was always told and I do remember being pretty bad sometimes.  I was emotional, dramatic, mean, controlling, and stopped at nothing to get my way!  Often times I think I was misunderstood and struggled to communicate.  My poor parents did not know what to do with me.  It was, in part, 3rd child syndrome, haha!  What does that even mean????  I don't know!  I don't blame my parents for handling my issues the way they did, but sometimes I wonder if they had responded differently, that maybe I would have too.  I love and respect my parents and I know they did the best they could at the time!  I owe a lot to them and am so grateful to them!  They had a big role in helping me become who I am! I remember, just to calm me down from a tantrum or over emotion, my Mom would take me to the bathroom and close the door, and sit me on the toilet.  My older siblings thought i...