So today I posted on my regular blog about how I’m feeling really down and depressed.  I don’t know what my problem is, but I just feel so stinkin’ sad.  Anyways- I don’t usually post stuff like that- gotta keep it upbeat and happy.  Hide those real feelings so no one knows that I’m really hurting.

I got several nice comments, mostly from other moms who understand what I’m going through.  Then I got an email from MIL telling me how lucky I am and that I should just get over it.

Excuse me?

I was pretty mad when I read it.  I thought- here I am putting my feelings out there (which is really hard for me to do) and you tell me to get over it.  If it was that simple don’t you think I would already be over it?  Fortunately I let myself cool down before I wrote back to her.  I thought about it- and I think email makes it hard to determine someones tone.  I think she was just (in her way) reaching out and pointing out how much I have and that I should be thankful.  I wrote her back a nice email explaining that I know I should be happy- I am very blessed and very fortunate.  But I just feel so sad all of the time.  She wrote back to let me know she is there if I need someone to talk to.

I’m so glad I waited before writing back!