Stress: More Fun than a Colonoscopy! No one ever said Stress was fun! Ever notice it can sneak up on you looking like “I’m handling it just fine”… while your body is waving a white flag? I used to think I handled stress pretty well. Stiff upper lip. Strong faith. Keep moving. Then my colon filed a complaint. People say, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” I would like to suggest what doesn’t kill you may instead give you indigestion, high blood pressure, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. According to stress charts, if you are brave enough to add these numbers up…the death of a spouse scores 100 points. Marriage adds 50 more. (100pts for me!) Moving adds 20 more each move. Job changes and lets not even count bad jobs! Raising 4 children. I think I am over my limit! Raising Twins boys probably deserves its own category. I figure so far I have had enough stress points to pick out my casket. Divorce is a stressor I have not experienced but I think I am ok on tha...
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