Birthday Blues

Hello it’s been a while since I’ve been on here. I recently left therapy and I’m going to use peer support for a while.

My son’s birthday was yesterday. We’ve had a series of stressful events. My MIL is in town and she likes to spend the entire day doing activities which wears me out.

When she first arrived, my husband had lost his wallet so she was helping him find it but I didn’t like her looking under cushions and under the seats in the cars. She wanted to check our bathroom too. She even went into the garage. It felt like she was majorly snooping.

During the birthday party one of my son’s friends was sad the entire time. He is moving and could only have 3 toys for the trip until they could unpack again. And he didn’t get any new toys for his birthday because the parents got him a phone. Also the kids were not patient with him and kept tattling.

My brother was also mad at me last week for not finding him at an event. We were both there. Luckily he only mentioned it once at the party but wasn’t a bully about it.

Once we got home from the event we discovered the dog had eaten the birthday cupcakes we made. He is fine. No trouble at all. But it made a big mess and my kid didn’t get that cake. We got an emergency cake from the grocery store.

On his actual birthday I was super emotional and crying. I had to sit out a few activities but I was able to go to see the Christmas lights.

When my kid got back to school i was called to pick him up because he had told a kid he had a gun in his backpack during a pretend fortnite game at recess. He was in tears. I told him he wasn’t in trouble and just reminded him of the language schools allow.

I don’t like how all of these things have shined a negative light on my son’s birthday. And he’s such a sweet kid. He really does deserve the world.