Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Post-Puppy Depression
Why is it when you hit "middle-age" does every problem have; disorder, syndrome, or depression added to it?
I had my first and only baby when I was 33. Older than many moms I've met with children my daughter's age. All of a sudden my world is a cyclone twisting wildly with every change my daughter goes through. She was born in 2004 and since then I've had the common postpartum depression, and a wide-variety of other issues with disorder or syndrome attached. Could there be a Post-Puppy depression too? Why not?
Although not in medical journals post-puppy depression apparently exists. Of course it is exactly like postpartum depression except you can lock the puppy in a crate and go away. No sleep, lots of poop and pee to clean, teething toys, round the clock feedings and trips to the potty. It's kind of like having a toddler & infant wrapped into one.
OH BUT HE's CUTE.....Yes, the saving grace of every puppy and baby, their cuteness. Every time I look at him I say to myself....just give it time you'll love him as much as you do Dusty (my first fur baby). I'm still sitting here though, wondering why I wrecked my perfectly lazy, lonely, summer by getting a puppy!
Why? Ahhhh yes, that wildly twisting cyclone of a daughter of mine. Lindsey, who I would give my life for and apparently my lazy summers too. Lindsey and this puppy Dexter have bonded already. She loves him so much. Lindsey's happiness and need to have a puppy to grow up with is indeed the reason we got this puppy. Once again my world has been changed for the better, I'm sure. Can what I'm feeling be called post-puppy depression? Who really knows? Just another twist in my life to ride out.
I had my first and only baby when I was 33. Older than many moms I've met with children my daughter's age. All of a sudden my world is a cyclone twisting wildly with every change my daughter goes through. She was born in 2004 and since then I've had the common postpartum depression, and a wide-variety of other issues with disorder or syndrome attached. Could there be a Post-Puppy depression too? Why not?
Although not in medical journals post-puppy depression apparently exists. Of course it is exactly like postpartum depression except you can lock the puppy in a crate and go away. No sleep, lots of poop and pee to clean, teething toys, round the clock feedings and trips to the potty. It's kind of like having a toddler & infant wrapped into one.
OH BUT HE's CUTE.....Yes, the saving grace of every puppy and baby, their cuteness. Every time I look at him I say to myself....just give it time you'll love him as much as you do Dusty (my first fur baby). I'm still sitting here though, wondering why I wrecked my perfectly lazy, lonely, summer by getting a puppy!
Why? Ahhhh yes, that wildly twisting cyclone of a daughter of mine. Lindsey, who I would give my life for and apparently my lazy summers too. Lindsey and this puppy Dexter have bonded already. She loves him so much. Lindsey's happiness and need to have a puppy to grow up with is indeed the reason we got this puppy. Once again my world has been changed for the better, I'm sure. Can what I'm feeling be called post-puppy depression? Who really knows? Just another twist in my life to ride out.
My Love of Journaling
Journaling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Journaling has always been cathartic for me. I usually pick up the journal in times of emotional crisis as a form of therapy. I have four that I’ve written in. They span from the early nineties to last night. I only manage to write on a quarter to half of the pages though. It has always bothered me that I’ve never been able to finish a whole journal. I was re-reading my most recent journal last night. I came to the realization as I difficultly read about two of the most traumatic times of my life. Once these events are survived I want to put them away and not confront them anymore. It was very hard to read about them last night, but there were some fun moments too. My intention has always been to finish a journal once I started one, so interspersed between my cathartic ramblings I tried to include some happy memories and five things I’m thankful for entries. My enthusiasm for journaling waxes and wanes like the moon, I’ve gone YEARS in between entries. The largest gap has been 6 years…..How old is my daughter? Almost 6. How could I not journal about her? I did, in her baby books, scrapbooks and now a school journal and boxes full of her memories from the year. I even just bought her first journal. So far I haven’t seen a budding Shakespeare emerge; as a matter of fact I think the journal is under the seat in our car!
Since I use journaling as a form of therapy, the gaps in entries can only mean I have been pretty happy and secure in my life. That’s a good thing!
As I’m wondering why someone like me, with no writing background decided to write a blog, all I have to do is look around at all of the baby books, journals, Christmas memory journal, vacation photo journals and scrapbooks with journaling all throughout. I am a WRITER! At very least writing and recording memories has always been a passion and something that brings me joy. Lest I forget my college degree was earned by writing a lot of papers on various works of literature and educational theories.
The reason journaling became my first real blog is because I wanted to write about our upcoming cruise on May 27. In my tour through my purple journal last night I reminisced about 3 previous cruises I went on. I just got carried away with my history of journaling.
I absolutely love cruising. Cruising will be my next blog.
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