My hat’s off to all the single parents out there! The last few days Brian has been up in Cleveland for the church conference and so I am temporarily a ‘single parent’ myself. I have always had a great respect for single parents, those who choose that role for one reason or another or have it unwittingly thrust upon them.
I have a greater respect for them now. This is the longest I have gone without Brian being around.. with all four kids; and it is trying and exhausting!
But I know I must be doing something right. Take today for example. I had my oldest son (11) and my middle son (5) both sobbing at least once or twice today. All because I laid down the law.. it seems the more you say no as a parent and the more they protest and cry the better a job you are doing..You would think it was the end of the world to them!
As I was pushing the bike trailer back up the hill to our house listening to the echoes of my son’s wailing off in the distance, I thought.. he is just giving me my job approval rating..
and today..
it’s high.
