One of "those" weeks.....

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude in life.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitudes we embrace for that day.  We cannot change the past.  We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way.  The only thing we can do is play on the one thing we have.  And that is our attitude.  I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it."
-Charles Swindoll



"daddy-doll"  Has a picture of Ry's face.



Caught Brock playing video games with "daddy"



I have finally had one of "those" weeks.  I was beginning to think I would get through this deployment without on of "those."  I guess I should feel pretty lucky that I have gone six months and am only now having one of "those" weeks.  However, as many of you can relate, it has been a......"I'm stretched as far as I can, pulled in different responsibility directions, need to wear 15 hats but only have one head, dealing with people in life who don't understand, and miss Ry weeks."

Actually, it is more like a "I just miss Ry" week.  Now to a military spouse, that explanation is enough and I'm sure understood.  Generally, to non-military the response to this would be "well why didn't you ask for help?"  That response is of course from their hearts and appreciated but definitely not a solution to "these" kinds of weeks.

This week hasn't been any more demanding than others and I haven't had any horrible thing happen.....I just miss him.  I just "feel" how much I miss him a bit more this week.  And when that missing sneaks in it can make normal weeks seem like much harder weeks.

**Then I ran across the above quote and it brought me right back to where I need to be**

We all have these days and we all react in somewhat similar ways.  It is so easy to react negatively through being sad or down.  But what makes a person rise above and remain afloat is how they choose to react to situations in life.  My reaction will be to laugh and accept.  Accept that it is OK to do only what I can and who cares about the rest.  And to laugh about how crazy our wonderful life can get.  We will all have these days or weeks.  Life will always throw us situations that challenge us.  Sometimes more than others and sometimes not necessarily fair.  But remember, our reaction will determine us and mold us.