I won't say that I'm not an emotional person, because I am. I have lots of feeling and emotions, and I feel them deeply. I just have (by God's grace) developed skills to regulate what I "present" to the world, particularly at work and with people I don't know well. There have been quite a few times in my life where I am the only one with dry eyes in the room. It's not because I'm super pulled-together or anything, it just sometimes is easier for me to not cry then to cry.
Maybe another day I will delve a little more deeply into my mom's Emotional Credit Card Theory, but for now, I will just tell you that I do, indeed cry, and when I do... its ugly. And often over something very, very stupid and silly. In fact, its usually quite humorous.
Not all of the things on this list are particularly funny, but perhaps what is more suprising is things not on the list. Feel free to laugh (or cry!) at any of these.
Anyway, just for the fun of it, I present to you...
5 things guaranteed to make Stephanie a mess:
1.) Troops. They get me every time. Especially this from the Pioneer Woman. And at Christmas time when they play Josh Groban's I'll Be Home for Christmas and the troops say "hi" to their families.
Can't.
Handle.
It.
And more recently, this video.
Two girls in my Sunday School class have military dads, and I am amazed at how well these girls handle it when their dads get deployed.
2.) The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants the movie. When Carmen calls her dad and tells him she is mad at him...I fall apart without fail. There really is no explanation for this.
(Honestly, this has nothing to do with my Dad... I have the greatest Dad in the world)
3.) Moving. Friends moving away. Family moving away. Moving away from family. Older generations moving to a nursing home/ assisted living. Leaving college for the summer... and forever. Even moving from the apartment to our house was rough. I know that change is exciting and good and all that, but I tend to grieve the end of an era. No matter how good the future looks, its hard to say good-bye to the things that helped make you who you are. And so I cry.
4.) On-Star commercials. I know, random, right?
5.) Hugs when I'm trying to hold it together.
Ok, I'm officially ugly-crying. Can someone please teach me how to cry with style? That might help me be more comfortable doing it in public. Or not.
1.) Troops. They get me every time. Especially this from the Pioneer Woman. And at Christmas time when they play Josh Groban's I'll Be Home for Christmas and the troops say "hi" to their families.
Can't.
Handle.
It.
And more recently, this video.
Two girls in my Sunday School class have military dads, and I am amazed at how well these girls handle it when their dads get deployed.
2.) The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants the movie. When Carmen calls her dad and tells him she is mad at him...I fall apart without fail. There really is no explanation for this.
(Honestly, this has nothing to do with my Dad... I have the greatest Dad in the world)
3.) Moving. Friends moving away. Family moving away. Moving away from family. Older generations moving to a nursing home/ assisted living. Leaving college for the summer... and forever. Even moving from the apartment to our house was rough. I know that change is exciting and good and all that, but I tend to grieve the end of an era. No matter how good the future looks, its hard to say good-bye to the things that helped make you who you are. And so I cry.
4.) On-Star commercials. I know, random, right?
5.) Hugs when I'm trying to hold it together.
Ok, I'm officially ugly-crying. Can someone please teach me how to cry with style? That might help me be more comfortable doing it in public. Or not.
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