In my world everyone is a pony, and they all eat rainbows, and poop butterflies

Today I spent the day with my daughter in a paddle boat. 2 hours in a boat on the lake, paddling and laughing and sweating our asses off. I wasn’t thinking about what bullshit my life has been lately, or freaking out about not being able to find a job, or about the stress of hoping to move before school starts. I just enjoyed the sun, the scenery, the experience and my girl. This was the first time in quite a while that I’ve been able to just let go and it was much needed.

Life is a battle and you either enter it armed or you surrender immediately

Dealing with life and being a mom sometimes can be too much. Kids seem to have a knack for driving you crazy when things are the hardest. I just want to shake them and yell, “Don’t you know what I’m going through??” But of course they don’t know what I’m going through; we spend our lives protecting our children from what we go through. We cry behind closed doors, we don’t throw things when we want to, we paint on those fake smiles. We’re just hoping to shield them from some of the pain we are dealing with. Everyone says life never gives you more than you can handle, I’m here to tell you that sometimes…it DOES!