When I was a little girl I used to wake up in the middle of the night with aches in my legs due to growing pains. Not sure how to get relief from the pain I would find my parents and with tears rolling down my face, would ask them what was wrong with me (convinced I might be dying). They would assure me I would be OK and would gently massage my legs until I started to calm back down. Eventually I would be able to fall back into a blissful sleep. As an adult I still experience growing pains but they manifest in a much different way. Instead of feeling the pain in my limbs, I now experience the aftermath of my growing usually as emotional pain in my heart. Any time my heart is hurting I habitu
Ever have one of those days where you are certain you are the worlds worst mom? Your kids can’t stop fighting with each other and you are at your absolute limit of what you can calmly handle. And then it happens - you lose control - and you do or say something you will later regret. My most recent regrettable moment happened as I was leaving my sons karate practice. Both of my kids had been a hot mess since coming home from school; fighting nonstop, refusing to listen to me, and acting as if they were some kind of animals that belonged in the zoo, not in my house. Don’t get me wrong, I have great kids, whom I love dearly and who are very well behaved at school and typically in other social s
