It’s lonely sometimes

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It’s been a tough week in our household. I loaded up my littles and headed 5 hours down to South Carolina to spend a week with my family. To go to the Lake, to see my sister who was visiting, and most of all to meet my brand new niece who had just been born. The day we got into town, Hand foot and mouth hit my son. We basically just had to pack up and go back home without seeing anyone. It was absolutely the right decision but really hard on me personally and mentally. This is already the craziest time in our family with marching band, school starting, and a lot of transitions happening… for me this trip was greatly looked forward to and viewed as a reprieve from it all. To top it off, Cory had what the pediatrician told me was a very severe case.

Parenting is humbling. I talk a lot about how we work hard to not let kids “stop” our life. And truly I don’t feel like I’ve lost myself at all in being a parent. But while they are little, there are definitely sacrifices and things that happen to make you feel really lonely and excluded. It’s just what comes with it sometimes. I’ll spare you all the other details but I’m constantly feeling guilty for being so impatient with his behavior because he’s so uncomfortable, and also trying to maintain somewhat of a normal life with my job and life responsibilities. The Lord is teaching us all a lot right now. And this is just me being real about it. 💛