How is it Thanksgiving tomorrow and I haven’t written an update on here since August? The only answer I have to give you is that I’m currently surviving the stay-at-home-mom trenches with little kids. I have at least half a dozen posts that are somewhere between 50-75% written, just sitting in my google docs. I’ve written about my eldest turning 20 in September (the age I was when I had her), the trad wife trend and the dangers of idolatry, fighting the doldrums with volunteerism and community service, how parenting a toddler is like being forged in fire, and the gaping space left when a beloved friend dies young —
Even though we don't know each other, I have been thinking about you and your pregnancy with a baby you didn't think was possible. I have been hoping everything was going well for you. I've enjoyed your writing and hope to hear more from you!
The trenches - a very apt description! I can feel you, even though our trenches aren't nearly as deep and full of littles :-) I think the thing about attitude is very true. It's just that one doesn't always have the strength to maintain that attitude! And little children are relentless, especially to their mother I feel. Hold on!
Even though we don't know each other, I have been thinking about you and your pregnancy with a baby you didn't think was possible. I have been hoping everything was going well for you. I've enjoyed your writing and hope to hear more from you!
The trenches - a very apt description! I can feel you, even though our trenches aren't nearly as deep and full of littles :-) I think the thing about attitude is very true. It's just that one doesn't always have the strength to maintain that attitude! And little children are relentless, especially to their mother I feel. Hold on!