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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,527! I'd always been the type of person who would get depressed over angry, so anger was not an emotion I felt very familiar dealing with. And it also wasn't something I expected to feel so much after being a parent. But some days the exhaustion, overwhelm, and frustration really get me. It's the part about needing a minute (or more!) and not always feeling you can get it at times that makes me feel like a shaken bottle about to explode.
I don't want to take my feelings out on anyone, especially not my very own child. (Been there, done that when I was a child myself.) So learning how to regulate my emotions and keep calm has been one of my biggest challenges. It's one of the things I've worked on through books and therapy. Sometimes I still mess up. But I apologize. And always try to do better next time.
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,526! This same child was also devastated about not being invited to our wedding on account of having not been born yet.
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,525! I 100% thought we were going to be trapped forever in a play tower for a while there to be honest. 😳 The relief upon us finally getting out via slide truly made me appreciate being alive lmao
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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In case anyone is wondering, we put James' hair into the tiniest of ponytails. She allowed it.
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,524! Kiddo considers herself very clever and she's not wrong.
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,523! This is when you give up, smile, and say, "Oh, that's great!" 🥲
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,522! Hurt me and I'll apologize but hurt someone I love and I'll be like LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUMBLEEEEEE!
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,521! The four stages of finishing Good Omens season 2.
I was in stage 2 for like a week after it first came out. I made the (mistake?) of recommending it to a friend after the first few episodes and describing it as "a love letter to the fans", which I then later had to amend with: "but with a knife."
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,520! If your child wants you, they will find you. No matter what anyone tries to do.
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,519! Oliver is doing better overall right now than he was a almost a year ago, but I still worry about his health as he ages. 😣
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Hey! Just wanted to say I'm so happy to see your comics again! :) I have a little boy just a few months younger than your daughter, and i just love reading about your experiences. I love being a mom, but it is very hard sometimes.
Thank you, happy to have people reading them again! ❤
It is sooo hard sometimes. Let's be real -- that was a big reason I AFK for like three years haha.
I had a moment not long ago where I felt myself getting worked up and frustrated over something stupid while we were running late, which of course kids don't care about, and just had to take a moment remind myself, "Let it go; not everything has to be a life lesson!" 🤪
But also you run into a lot of moments of seeing a horrifying amount of yourself in your child in ways where you think, "Well I don't want to react to this like my parents did" but also not knowing what the alternative should be. Kids really make you learn a lot about yourself in a lot of ways.
I used to say the infant stage taught me I had more patience than I thought, but toddlerhood taught me there was a limit. 😂
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,518! Who told the kids they could grow up?? Illegal. 😔
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delusioninabox · 7 months
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Daily #2,517! One of the hardest parts for my ADHD brain as a parent is trying to memorize the entire script my kid just made up on the spot for me to immediately reenact with the toys.
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delusioninabox · 8 months
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Daily #2,516! Entering my ✨ self-confident ✨ and ✨ blessed to be boring ✨ era.
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delusioninabox · 8 months
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Hey! Hope this doesn't make you feel weird (or too old!) but I've been reading your dailies regularly since I was in sixth grade, originally on smackjeeves. I'm going to be graduating university in the summer! It's a joy to see your comics on my dashboard again, I hope you and your family are doing well!
Sixth grade!!! Smackjeeves!!! Oh man what a throw back. I think I joined SmackJeeves when I was in high school?? Back when it was in it's golden era ahahaha
Congratulations on graduating university!!! There is a lot to look forward to on the road ahead! 🎉 Discovering what you want your adult life to look like and how you'll get there is a journey. Remember to find something to enjoy even when moments are tough. 💖
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delusioninabox · 8 months
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Daily #2,515! Just me suddenly re-appearing after 3 years and the only thing that's changed is my default response to anyone's problem is "Have you tried therapy?"
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delusioninabox · 8 months
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Daily #2,514! Teach your small child to journal and enjoy writing down all your crimes on their behalf.
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