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I used to think of myself as a patient person.

Faced with all manner of frustrations, disappointments, and let downs,

I could remain serene.

Total equanimity.

I honestly never felt much anger and that might be someone else's struggle

but I thought hey it's not mine and isn't that awesome. I thought that I was super

patient until I had kids because as it turns out God did not bless me

with predator natural composure he simply never tested it when the test came in the

form of a daughter who required 30 minutes of perfect rocking to fall asleep,

well that ruined my plans.

It ruined my plans with short naps, it ruined my plans with not needing to be needed, it ruined my plans with not needing to be needed.

It ruined my plans by just having this little helpless person who I had to take care of and I couldn't take it.

My anger came out in small and big bursts of rage. Sometimes I would yell,

sometimes I would throw something in frustration, but one particular memory

stands out. I remember driving to work one morning and I'm tired, I'm frustrated, I'm overwhelmed, I'm by myself, and all of a sudden this deep rage, unlike anything I'd ever experienced, bubbled up. I'm talking about the kind of hot

rage you feel deep down in your chest beneath your heart, that kind of anger. And when you're that angry, you feel like if you don't release it,

it might just consume you.

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