When I was little, I always imagined that patience was something that you could measure. When my mom told me that she was running out of patience, I pictured a little thermometer–a “patience-ometer,” I suppose–with a very, very short red line. Which is rather funny, because when Mom lost her patience, her thermometer exploded!
Now that I’m a mom, I tell my own kids when I’m running out of patience. “I’ve just about had it!” I’ll tell them. Then even I have to wonder, what have I just about had?
Call it losing your cool, blowing a fuse, or just a plain old fit. We are all guilty of losing our patience. Not only do some of us admit to having adult-sized temper tantrums, we even write about our meltdowns! I’m one of 29 other moms who have written a book about the times we just couldn’t hang on to our patience in the tell-all anthology, The Mother of All Meltdowns.
Moms from all over the country have admitted to losing their cool in this new book! Meltdowns have occurred on the patio, in the grocery store, at the doctor’s office and even at The Happiest Place on Earth! This book will have you laughing out loud, nodding in recognition, and breathing a sigh of relief that you are not alone!
My own meltdown story happened last year, when Emmy was in Kindergarten. Here’s a quote from the book:
Something rose up in me as I looked at Emmy’s bedroom floor, at all those previously neatly folded clothes just lying there like casualties of the tornado that was Emmy.
The Mother of All Meltdowns is available as a paperback from Amazon.com. You can also buy the Kindle version and the Nook version as well!
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Happy reading!
I like your analogy of our patience (or lack thereof) as Moms. I’m guilty of losing my cool from time to time and it seems the kids just don’t see the “writing on the wall” and are shocked that one little thing sent me over the edge. When in reality, it’s always a million little things isn’t it? I would love to read this book and do a review on my blog Ginny!
I’ll contact our editor and see if I can get you a copy, Linda! Thank you!
You are speedy quick Ginny Marie. You had something waiting for me in my inbox this morning. I can’t wait to read this book!
Yay! Times a million. My patience-ometer probably explodes all of the time! I’m trying to keep it in check, and for the most part, I’m improving.
I like to think I’m improving, too, but I’m not sure how my kids think I’m doing! 😉
How awesome, I will check it out!
Thank you, Debby! I think you’ll like it!
Congratulations on being in the book! It is fantastic and will be a must-read for every mom! :)-Ashley
How exciting! Sounds like a wonderful read too. Great support for moms.
Congrats! IGrowing up my mom always said “Patience is a Virtue.” Somehow it never worked for her or me!
You handled that situation so well! Obviously, look at the results! Any tips on getting my son to get himself dressed? He completely refuses to even try. If I refused, he’d gladly stay in his PJ’s all day and we’d never get anywhere! LOL
Congrats on the book! That sounds like a lot of fun, and a lot of “Oh, I’ve been there, sister!” I know I can relate!