Mini just can not control them, they are so visual, so transparent. It is like looking at me.
I see burning red and hot orange embers. The lava flow that just erupts before he has a chance to think about anything else. He has no hold on them, no way to stop acting on the impulses they give him. He has no perspective, no patience, no understanding of them.
He physically reacts, throwing, hitting, shouting, screaming, banging and crying.
He feels them in his heart, head and fists.
To the point of exhaustion.
Maxi is comtenplative, a real thinker, he is learning to harness his emotions and to keep them in check.
He is brave and often his lower lip will tremble, when he skuffs his kness, just a little, enough for me to see.
When he is tired, then the emotions bubble to the surface. I watch as he attemps to supress them, holding his breathm until they have to come out.
But his joy, wonder and amazement are still there for all to see.
MadDad is a happy man, a mellow fellow who lives his life with joy on his face and in his heart. He is laidback and tolerent of nearly everything. In all our time together I have only ever seen him angry on a few occaasions. He always tells me that anger is such an unproductive emotion, that it doesnt solve anything, so he has learned to let it flow out of him.
He is a protective man and you can see how much he loves his family on his face, he is not afriad to show his emotions and he sets a wonderful example to the boys.
So that just leaves me, I for far too long have found that the dark emotions have been the ones that are the strongest, but I no longer allow them to take over my life. I have learned to make the most of everything. To look to the best in people and things. To see the joy in the small things in life.
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