Who Does That Help?

Updates - Since my last post, J and I took off for a weekend away before baby #2 arrives. We enjoyed a weekend at a B&B in Lake Geneva, WI, while Jeremiah enjoyed a weekend with G&G Todd. It was a good time for us to discuss some of our goals and perhaps the path that we want to take to get to them, or, at least, to start to figure out what might be going through each other's minds.

I've also been crazy busy with traveling to CU for work, taking in weekend football games and dealing with H1N1 closing daycare in the midst of all that. I'm looking forward to a few weeks of "normal" to finish preparing for baby #2's arrival. We're really not doing that much but I need to pack my hospital bag, get carseats installed, etc.

That pretty much gets you up to date on our life. Now on to the title of my post. Over the weekend, I enjoyed a WONDERFUL girl's afternoon with some friends. Thank you to JPG for hosting shower/girls get-together for me. During our time together, we were participating in a game that simply asked questions to provoke conversation amongst the group. One of the questions was "what's your best trick for dealing with stage fright?" JPG noted that her dad used to say, "Stage Fright. Who does that help?" It made me note that the same could be said for many things in our lives - worry, anger, etc. Really, who does that help? I know many of my feelings in the last few months have helped no one, and they've hurt many, including myself. I've been stewing over her dad's wise words for many days and trying to remind myself that many of the things we say and feel really don't help anybody. That doesn't mean they just go away but it's certainly something to think about.