A few months ago, I posted a story about a time that I rode
an amusement ride and I could not keep from screaming. My cousin, Linda Benso, responded to my
posting, “Screaming relieves stress!”
My response was, “Hey, Linda! You make me laugh at your comments,
cousin! I do relate to the rare
occasions that I have to just scream from being so stressed. I remember one particular weekend Hannah and
I spent with some girls and a mother.
The girls were great; the mother was complaining and murmuring the whole
time and very, very strict. When we
dropped them at their home and traveled home a certain amount of distance, I
rolled the window down and screamed.
Hannah and I just drove around for awhile so I could relax before I went
home to my family. I wanted to be in a
happy state of mind. I am grateful that
does not happen often. I am learning to
take control of situations like this and put a STOP TO ALL THE NEGATIVITY! Life is too short.”
Linda’s responded with her “I Just Have To Scream
Story!” She said, “I was about 2 months
pregnant and having morning sickness. It
was just days before my sister, Terri’s wedding and I needed to clean house and
go for a dress fitting along with just taking care of three other preschoolers,
which I already had among other things going on. We had family coming in from out of town
etc. The day started with breakfast and
I quickly cleared off the table, but I decided to take just 5 minutes and run
downstairs to finish the vacuuming before doing the dishes and cleaning the
upstairs. The kids usually followed me
wherever I went and I thought it was odd that Katie was not with me, but
figured I would check on her when I finished in just about 2 minutes. When I went upstairs, there was Katie – she
had pulled a chair over to the kitchen counter and proceeded to empty an entire
pitcher of grape juice all over herself, all over the chair and all over the
carpet! AARRGGHH! In order to relieve the stress, I decided to
just scream three times at the top of my lungs.
I felt better and went to work cleaning up. I stripped Katie and set her in the crib and
just then about three neighbors showed up to check on me and be sure I was not
being raped or anything!
Embarrassing! You know how God says
that before we call he will answer? One
of the neighbors had JUST gotten home and had rented a steam cleaner. She proceeded to clean my dining room carpet
while I took care of Katie and cleaned the kitchen! My Bible verse by the way is Psalm
116:6. It reads, “The Lord preserveth
the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.” This episode cured me of screaming by the
way!”
I love this story my cousin Linda shared! Linda was preparing for a momentous day with
a sister getting married and caring for young children; she had a lot of
responsibility on this particular day.
Linda did not hurt anyone by relieving her stress in this way. In fact, it was more of a distress signal. This story does demonstrate how much people
care and how much people help each other.
God works through people.
After thinking about relieving my stress with screaming, I
have learned something. For my stress, I
should stop the negativity before it builds to such a high point
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