There has been a lot of talk about stress, especially work related stress. I never felt that it was something that I should concern myself with; I was working, doing things, coordinating, keeping everything running smoothly. However, sometimes in your life there are moments when the casual business becomes just too much. For already some days, I have felt that something is off and that I can’t handle everything I am supposed to, but today it hit me when I realized that I had crossed a crucial deadline. I was devastated. And the most devastating thing is that it might be irreversible.

For the whole day, I tried to forget about it, I tried to work to take my mind off it but I couldn’t, not until my husband told me to sit down and just relax. He took me to our living room, sat me down on a big armchair and gave me a blanket. I was still skeptical and in a depressed mood. He lit up the fireplace, put some scented aroma oil in to the fire and brought me a cup of hot beverage. I sat there looking at the fireplace and with every fire flickering I felt better and better. There is something incredibly hypnotizing and soothing in fire. I never knew our ten-year-old fireplace could give me such a peace of mind. I still remember the day I saw this beautiful Uunisepät fireplace in a magazine. I first thought that we would get it just because of its looks but after we contacted Uunisepät and were told about the engineering, how it would cut our electricity bill and bring about a wonderful atmosphere. And they truly were right about all of these things.

Having sat in front of a fireplace for an hour or two, I was able to put everything in perspective. One learns from his/her mistakes and I wish I learned from this one. I have been blessed with many great things including the fireplace we got from Uunisepät. Without my husband having taken care of my stress by giving me exactly what I needed, I wouldn’t have dealt with all this in just one night.