"I'm going to cry worser" a threat from my almost 7 year old

Good Monday morning!
Yesterday was catastrophe free as far as I can tell, strawberry pancakes with bacon for breakfast followed by an afternoon with the kids and my hubby plus the dogs (2 golden retrievers 1 male "Hunter the wonder mutt" 3 yrs old and 1 female "Riley the piggies" 6 months) and a good book in what is still for the moment MY back yard.
The kids wore out the puppy!!! This would be exciting to you if you knew her because this has NEVER been done!! It was actually a very skilled little operation on their part if I do say so myself , on kid in front of the dog to distract her waving the arms wildly usually my daughter(she's the slowest easier prey for the dog) she would let the dog jump on her and then my son would attack from behind and both kids would wrestle whatever toy they wanted away from the puppy. pretty smart for a 4 year old and a 6 and a n 3\4 yr old.
An after that Grilled Steaks and potatoes Where I had no dishes to clean up!!! My hubby did all the work. Kids in bed by 8:30 , I let the hubby off for good behavior to play a celebratory game of poker with the guys (some one's girlfriend is expecting a baby?) and I curled up with a book.
You are now probably thinking what the hell is the title of this post about then... hehehe
This morning I wake up and my kids are dressed and ready to go, my husband ready to walk out the door. Everything is ready for me I just have to get dressed to drop my daughter at school, so as I am making my coffee she comes to me to show me that she has one of those littlest pet shop puppies in her jacket pocket to take to school with her. She and I have been over this a hundred times so as I inwardly groan and take a deep breath and count to ten I tell her Paige you know the rule please put that back in you room and then come back out here and see m so we can get your back pack ready. With A frown an a Boo boo lip to rival all others my little girl turns and sulks down the hall like an inmate on the green mile but comes out hands in pockets smirk on face.
Oh boy Monday morning I have a doctors appointment in Ann Arbor @ kids to deal with at school studying for a test tonight among other things and the crap is going to start at ooohhh I look at the clock 7:43 am. I said Paige show me your hands, she does her classic huff and eye roll, now if you knew my kid you would be laughing and going oh crap right about now saying this is classic because she is a clone of me. however this is not good when I have the Patience of a 2 year old, But I tried something different the other night and I wanted to see if it would work again. an yes this all plays back to the stroke just bear with me here.
So of course she's got the dog in her hand, I take it, she starts crying. our normal routine would usually go something like this... I take it , she cry's(loudly), I yell, she crys louder, i yell louder, she screams, i scream, she gets sent to room, doors slam, she gets grounded.
Today though it went like this, I took the toy, she cried.I calmly waited for her to get to a level of volume where she could hear my voice. I then asked her to stop. She did. I explained my reasons for not wanting her to have the toy at school and told her she could have it back when she got home and that lying is unacceptable.
at first she seemed to understand and then get this ... the kid threatened to CRY HARDER!!!
Now anyone who knows me knows that #1 I don't handle threats from anyone well and #2 threats from my own children don't end well for them. So Please give me many many round of applause for what I did next because man I so rocked this one!!!
So I turned around cause I laughed, then I turned back to her and I said (oooo this is so good)
You can cry as hard as you want and I am still not going to change my mind, my answer will still be no, but now my answer will be no and you will have made us late for school and you will probably be grounded for lying and throwing a fit, or you can realize that although your not going to change my mind you will still get your toy back when you get home from school, and you can stop crying right now we can wash your face and get you off to school , no dog, no attitude, no grounding?
She stopped, looked a little confused (kinda like duh?) and said, with a smile mind you, will you help me wash my face? and I took her to school, without the attitude, without the tears, and without the toy and I did it all without getting Angry.

Now how does this have anything to do with my stroke? My God!!! It has Everything to do with it but don't feel bad I was to dense to figure it out too!!LOL. I can cry, kick, scream, yell. rage, get angry, and none of that changes the answer. I had a Stroke. Why? Because I have Factor V Lieden Mutation that I didn't know about. Why? Because my dad's an asshole. can I change that by doing any of those things ? nope.
Why didn't the Doctor's do anything? I don't know.. maybe because I'm young, and yelling and screaming is calling the wrong kind of attention to myself. at this point I just want young people to be educated, To be armed With knowledge, not armed for attack either, armed for protection.

Don't get me wrong crying and yelling , kicking and screaming, are all very therapeutic(not to be used as threats) and I've done more than my fair share of them but after your voice gives out and your tears dry out what message have you left?

okay okay I found some of the Coolest Quotes the other day and they really stuck with me so I'm sharing, Again Take what I have , Keep only what you want!!!

Never take a persons dignity: it is worth everything to them and nothing to you- Frank Barron

He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others-Rene. G. Torres.

Our inner strengths, experiences, and truths, cannot be lost, destroyed, or taken away, every person has an in born worth an can contribute to the community. we all can treat one another with dignity and respect, provide opportunities to grow toward our fullest lives an help one another discover an develop our unique gifts. we each deserve this and can extend it to others.- AUTHOR UNKNOWN