We all deal with stress in our daily lives and I'm no different. Some days I can handle my stress well and on other days I feel like it's all just coming down on me and this past weekend was one of those moments. My husband got really sick and had to be rushed to the emergency room. The whole week had been crazy leading up to it, it started on Monday when my youngest son woke up sick and had to stay home from school. The that was followed by my oldest deciding that he wanted to challenge us with his teenage attitude and rebellion so by Wednesday I was already feeling like I needed 3 drinks. Not to mention I'm on a 6 day work week for my job, filling candle orders for my business, trying to finish my next book all while dealing with this craziness when out of nowhere my husband get hits with the flu. Now I don't know how many of you have a "big kid" at home but we all know when a man get sick it's the worse. I'd rather take care of 6 sick kids over 1 sick man...lol. By Friday I was already shutting down. I was tired, aggravated, pissed and ready to snap. My usually loving husband was being a jerk because he was achy, feverish and congested yet he want to get up and go to work and I had to pull out my "bitch card" and make him call out of work. I was going off of no sleep whatsoever when I finally closed my eyes to rest I was awaking by my husband breathing funny. When I looked over he was pale and cold to the touch I immediately rushed him the the ER and when we got there they said he wasn't passing oxygen, his calcium and sodium were extremely low so they had to rush to provide care to get him stable and comfortable. There were scary moment at the doctors where I thought it was possible that he wouldn't be returning home with me. While the doctors worked on him I stood there looking into his eyes and I could see his pupils contracting several time and his color completely gone and as much as I wanted to freak out I knew I had to be strong for him so I just stayed right by his side, rubbed his face, and kept tapping him every time he would fade out. The nurses told him "You have a great nurse by your side" he looked me in my eyes a smile. I told him "I got you baby" and he smiled again and then his color started to return once we knew he was clear of danger he was able to rest. I had to leave the doctors and go straight to work by this time I'm just done. I grabbed an energy drink and went on to cut hair I tried to make it my whole shift but I just couldn't hang in there so I left 2 hours early. When I got home and looked around everything was a mess. Dishes, laundry and anything else I neglected that week was staring at me when I walked in and that's when my meltdown began. I felt myself becoming extremely frustrated and ready to have a all out bipolar moment when I decided to just sit down on the couch instead. Once on the couch I pulled out my phone and started to search for ways to calm down and that's when I found Meditation techniques and decided to try one and my goodness you wouldn't the relief I got. I meditated for 15 minute and after I felt so relaxed and was able to clean, cook and rest. Experiencing this relief left me feeling like Meditation is something I need to add to my daily schedule. Meditation is important for your mental and physical health and well being. I encourage everyone to add meditation to their lives.
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