Stress

I have 3 daughters, all with different personalities and different ways of handling stress.  Cindy is the one I worry about most because she has always been the most responsible one, the one who took on every task with a fierce determination, the one who feels she has to look after every single thing or it won't get done right.  That leads to unbelievable stress.

Aeron, Cindy's daughter, is getting married in September and Cindy is already going a little crazy worrying that some little detail won't get done.  Aeron, on the other hand, is calm and collected and taking care of those details.  We're all concerned that the stress of this wedding will be too much for Cindy but there is hope on the horizon.  Aeron wants to get pregnant immediately and that should make Cindy very, very happy.

Stress can arise from too high expectations...Cindy wants a wedding where absolutely nothing goes wrong.  They will and they will be dealt with.  Any problems will be laughed about in years to come and make good stories for the next generations.

We all deal with stress in our own way but those who can fling it off and walk away from it are the happiest people.  We have to remember that what seems insurmountable today might mean nothing tomorrow.  Most often "won't" matter at all.

Cindy, this time next year you might be nuzzling the neck of your first grandchild.  Life is good!