Am I Alone?

I often wonder when something, I feel is, unpleasant happens to myself, "am I all alone in this" "is this just happening to me?

I don't mean physically alone or spiritually alone, this is not one of those types of thoughts or feelings. My relationships are great in that regard. I am talking about;

• When it is 3am, my 2-year-old is screaming at me because he thinks his nap should be over and he should be allowed to watch his "bideos". 
• When I have to send my oldest to his room for what seems to be the millionth time today for doing things he knows he is not supposed to do.
• When I finally get what seems like 2 seconds of alone time where it seems like everyone forgot I am around and my husband needs me to do something.
• When I am at the grocery store and I start getting a roll of texts and videos about how much the kids miss me when I am gone, even though when I am home I could swear the opposite was true!

Am I the only one who has these things happen and then feel like I am being ungrateful for the many blessings in my life?

I know you are allowed to give yourself a time out to feel bad and then you are supposed to put your big girl panties on and deal with it, but sometimes that is hard (especially when you are sleep deprived).

I don't have many people that I can talk with about these things. I am a stay-at-home-mom in a rural area and there are just not many people around me that seem to have issues with handling it all. I have my Mother and My Aunt (which is my Mom's twin) that I can ask advice, but they grew up in a different time and place to me so a lot of what they suggest I really can not relate too. 

This is why I decided to try my hand at blogging.

There are so many more of you out there than here in my little bubble. 

I hope that I can offer some advice, or at least laughs, along the way. Help answer some questions and try out some of your ideas with my bunch and report back on how it worked/didn't work. Most importantly I feel like I need a place to reach out to the world and see if there are people out there with similarities with myself so I don't feel so alone all the way up here on this mountain.

Until Next Time,

Maria