Sean's AM Journal

[Sean]

I seem to have kicked the holiday blues, and things are more upbeat lately.

I got into a disagreement with my teenaged son the other day, because he was bailing on the first part of our weekend plans. We were both stubborn, and he wouldn't apologize for his disrespect. We got it patched up, and still managed half of our plans.

One thing I noticed during the disagreement is that I was really reactive, and my hurt feelings were leading me toward retaliatory thoughts, like canceling the time we were to spend together during Christmas, which was clearly an overreaction and inappropriate. Fortunately, I was able to keep that under control and not spew that crap on a teenager.

I love my boy, and I'm very grateful we've patched things up.