Hello, my name is Jen and yes I am Canadian - especially proud to be at this moment in history. But when I say "introducing", I am referring to myself in a different way.
Introducing Jen Mooney, who is back after a year and a half. You may think she was never gone but I know that I have not been 'myself' for a long long time. Sleep deprivation robs you of your mind, your physical strength and certainly your emotional strength (and for me none of those were too strong to start with). I have had no drive or ambition about anything. I have felt somewhat zombie like and besides the occasional 'good day', most of the time I felt like I was just barely makin' it. But my children have given me a gift. I also look at it as an answer to prayer, although like many of my prayers, a little later coming than I would have liked - hmm, maybe that means there were some lessons to be learned in there somewhere. Anyway. This is my long drawn out way of saying that my kids seem to have figured out how to sleep!
Yes, SLEEP. It took a lot longer than I expected but we have now had the longest stretch of uninterrupted sleep filled nights. There is the occasional call from Caden in the night for one reason or another but for the most part we have peace around here from 830 pm to 6 am. 6 is early for a lot of people but not for us. We have dreamed about sleeping til at least 6 for a long time. So - we both feel better - more normal - more ourselves. I even feel like I can see more clearly. I'm not as stressed and 'overwhelmed' these days - and my house is still a mess and my to do list is just as long (if not longer due to my lack of stress which usually drives me to attack that list a little more intensely). So - anyway - I am feeling like a brand new me and I just pray that this is not a teaser (like the warm weather we are going to get this week) but a new phase of child rearing - the time when they sleep!! I know that that phase comes with a bunch of new challenges but bring it on! I'm rested - I can take on anything :)
Introducing Jen Mooney, who is back after a year and a half. You may think she was never gone but I know that I have not been 'myself' for a long long time. Sleep deprivation robs you of your mind, your physical strength and certainly your emotional strength (and for me none of those were too strong to start with). I have had no drive or ambition about anything. I have felt somewhat zombie like and besides the occasional 'good day', most of the time I felt like I was just barely makin' it. But my children have given me a gift. I also look at it as an answer to prayer, although like many of my prayers, a little later coming than I would have liked - hmm, maybe that means there were some lessons to be learned in there somewhere. Anyway. This is my long drawn out way of saying that my kids seem to have figured out how to sleep!
Yes, SLEEP. It took a lot longer than I expected but we have now had the longest stretch of uninterrupted sleep filled nights. There is the occasional call from Caden in the night for one reason or another but for the most part we have peace around here from 830 pm to 6 am. 6 is early for a lot of people but not for us. We have dreamed about sleeping til at least 6 for a long time. So - we both feel better - more normal - more ourselves. I even feel like I can see more clearly. I'm not as stressed and 'overwhelmed' these days - and my house is still a mess and my to do list is just as long (if not longer due to my lack of stress which usually drives me to attack that list a little more intensely). So - anyway - I am feeling like a brand new me and I just pray that this is not a teaser (like the warm weather we are going to get this week) but a new phase of child rearing - the time when they sleep!! I know that that phase comes with a bunch of new challenges but bring it on! I'm rested - I can take on anything :)
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