{"id":512,"date":"2007-09-25T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/09\/i-like-whine.html"},"modified":"2007-09-25T10:30:13","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T10:30:13","slug":"i-like-whine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/09\/i-like-whine.html","title":{"rendered":"I Like Whine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas has a valid point. Too much whining gets old, and it\u2019s not at all productive. But this is what I said to him: &#8220;Frankly, I wish you would whine more. Because I like whine.&#8221;<br \/>\nYou see, I have to wear my happy face almost everywhere I go. I have to say things like &#8220;Yep, I\u2019m doing great. Isn&#8217;t it a beautiful day? My kids love school. Work is fantastic. The dogs just got shaved so our house is cleaner! I just had the runs for three days so I got to lose eight pounds. Life couldn\u2019t be better.&#8221;<br \/>\nAll right. Maybe I tone it down a notch. But you get the idea. Most of my waking hours <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/07\/hot-pink-in-camouflage-its-onl.html\">I wear the camouflage, hoping to just blend in<\/a> and be a faithful wife, a devoted mother, a responsible blogger, a pleasant recovering alcholic, a gracious ex-smoker, and a polite coffee drinker.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nWhen I arrive at the pages of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\">Beyond Blue<\/a>, I let out a deep sigh. Because now I can be myself. I can say what I really feel\u2014that for the last three days I haven\u2019t been able to keep anything but a Triscuit and a Sprite down, and (even though the weather is beautiful!!) this stomach bug or whatever the hell Katherine brought home from her three-year-old boyfriend at preschool has me in a vulnerable spot, and I\u2019m scared, like I always am when I\u2019m sick. I want my mommy.<br \/>\nRemember Mr. Roger\u2019s transition between work and play: when he hung up his blazer, took off his tie, got out the green cardigan sweater, and strapped on his tennis shoes? He wanted to be in comfortable clothes before he started the dialogue with us. That\u2019s how I feel on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\">Beyond Blue<\/a>. My green cardigan is on, and I\u2019m in my comfy place. Where I can whine if I feel like whining. And I usually do a little.<br \/>\nBecause I have to be the happy and productive and efficient and capable Therese so much of my awake time. It\u2019s nice to have a corner of cyberspace to just hang out. Where I don\u2019t have to say I am SO THANKFUL for this virus that came my way \u2026 because without it I wouldn\u2019t have connected with my inner child (the one who crapped her pants a lot). It\u2019s all good. Everything\u2019s good. 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