So the last post, I talked about anger. I just went out and said that I have had quite a few times where I get frustrated and sometimes angry. So... I found a really great book and I want to share it with everyone. It is called She's Gonna Blow! by Julie Ann Barnhil. It is about moms who deal with anger issues. Now, I have to say that sounds bad. Anger? At your child(ren)? Well, to those of us strong enough to admit our shortcomings, we are not perfect. Not as humans, spouses, OR moms. Not all moms deal with anger, I guess, but all the moms I have ever talked to have had a moment or two of frustration and/or anger.
This book has been really great for me to be able to identify the triggers of my anger and get it under control before it is too late. She calls the triggers 'earthquakes,' and the blowups 'volcanoes.' There are probing questions in the book that get you to thinking what it is that triggers your anger, and it is usually a multitude of things that just build up over time, for most moms, including myself. Since I have started reading this book, in my day to day life I can say to myself, "there was an earthquake, just don't let it turn into a volcano." In other words, this book has allowed me to get the little things under control before I get too angry. I highly recommend this book to other moms! She is a really great author, of many other great books too, and she is endorsed by MOPS, a christian mothers group (which is really great). I am very glad that I found it and that I can pass it on!
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