Sweet Shoppe Designs

15a Scrap a Page using a Large book or notebook

Silent Battles: Stress - Bundle by Studio Basic Designs & Rachel Jefferies

Mentally Elsewhere bundle by Little Butterfly Wings


We have all heard the phase, "Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about." And we have all come to know this is true. Many of us go through everyday smiling pretending it's all okay when in reality it is the total opposite.
Behind my smile, is anger, stress and so many tears. I try so hard to please everyone around me, but inside I am fighting my own unwinning battle. I don't want to burden my friends or family with my emotions of I bottle them up until I am ready to burst. Sometimes I feel as if I am drowning in my own thoughts. I feel like a failure. Am I good enough for my fiancee? for my kids? for my job?: And sometimes I do burst inside my own head. Screaming silent screams only I can hear as a roller coaster of emotions spin around my head.
Yet I keep pushing on with a smile upon my face. Pretending I am ok. If only they knew what was behind the smile.