Gimz
Teenage Guinea Pig
Very heartwarming story and lovely piggies.
I don't suffer from depression but I thought I might be slipping into it. In the last 6 months I lost my job and had massive difficulty finding a new one, we had the plumbing go on the house and leak through the ceiling twice, both my wife's and my car broke down at the same time, big bills! her mum was diagnosed with dimentia, then my wife's dad died unexpectedly, then a month after the funeral the mum was diagnosed with cancer and given 3 months to live, numerous expensive stuff like iPhone screens, borrowed things etc have broken too. Then my wife totalled her car and the insurance company gave us not much for the remains. We weren't sure how to solve this until family and friends stepped in to help. But I still had the pressure of being the main earner for the house and a wife and two kids to look after and I still didn't have a job to pay for anything - I was 4 weeks away from having to talk to the mortgage company about what to do with the house. I thought the bad was never ending.
Then my boys asked for guinea pigs for their birthdays in early June which the grand parents got for them, and I have discovered I am more smitten with the little piggies than my boys are. I just sit and watch them and somehow the bad stuff goes out of focus. My kids helped too, but they can also add pressure and wind you up where as the little piggies were just so small and helpless at 8 weeks. And cuddles are great. This week I finally got a new job just in the nick of time and I finally feel life is going to be more positive again. I am happier in myself too.
Hats off to you all who have daily struggles to deal with. Just ride the bad stuff and the good stuff will come. And there's always piggies that need feeding, cleaning up after and cuddling with!
I don't suffer from depression but I thought I might be slipping into it. In the last 6 months I lost my job and had massive difficulty finding a new one, we had the plumbing go on the house and leak through the ceiling twice, both my wife's and my car broke down at the same time, big bills! her mum was diagnosed with dimentia, then my wife's dad died unexpectedly, then a month after the funeral the mum was diagnosed with cancer and given 3 months to live, numerous expensive stuff like iPhone screens, borrowed things etc have broken too. Then my wife totalled her car and the insurance company gave us not much for the remains. We weren't sure how to solve this until family and friends stepped in to help. But I still had the pressure of being the main earner for the house and a wife and two kids to look after and I still didn't have a job to pay for anything - I was 4 weeks away from having to talk to the mortgage company about what to do with the house. I thought the bad was never ending.
Then my boys asked for guinea pigs for their birthdays in early June which the grand parents got for them, and I have discovered I am more smitten with the little piggies than my boys are. I just sit and watch them and somehow the bad stuff goes out of focus. My kids helped too, but they can also add pressure and wind you up where as the little piggies were just so small and helpless at 8 weeks. And cuddles are great. This week I finally got a new job just in the nick of time and I finally feel life is going to be more positive again. I am happier in myself too.
Hats off to you all who have daily struggles to deal with. Just ride the bad stuff and the good stuff will come. And there's always piggies that need feeding, cleaning up after and cuddling with!
