(I recently wrote these words to a friend going through some hard times in her marriage. I cried when I wrote them. I'm crying now rereading them. I figure they are worth sharing.)
Marriage is hard. Really hard. And children make it harder.
But, then again children are hard too.
I think anything worth keeping requires some work. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
and we shout at the top of our lungs
sleep: too much, yet not enough
Doing Less and Sleeping More
From the outside, most people would say that I do A LOT. But from my perspective, it seems like I'm doing less and less with each passing day. The time I spend at home, especially on nights without C, is almost completely wasted. When C is here, I have a lot [...]
this and that
(this is just random crap. every paragraph is a new topic. skimming may suit you best, here)
I have Friday off and I have Celeste all day. Weekends are the best when I have her. This coming weekend is now 50% longer than an average weekend. It's like a sweet little unexpected present.
I have awesome plans [...]
breaking horses
(While this is, specifically, about raising children, the same basic struggle can be applied to nearly every action I take and every thought that runs through my brain. Internal conflict abounds.)
There is a fine line between letting a child be a child and letting a child run wild. Or, put another way, there is a [...]
