Well, we put the babies in separate rooms for two nights now. Liam, the one who was always waking up, has slept through the night without a sound both nights. It's 7:15am right now and he and Dylan are both still asleep. They went to bed by 830 last night. This is a miracle! Evan just woke up. He has woken up both nights but has gone back to sleep. I'm giddy with hope this morning!! I actually got to lie in bed, awake, for a few minutes this morning. That has also not happened in months and months. It's much less stressful than jumping straight out of bed from sleeping. So, hallelujah and let's hope it lasts!
Stay in your lane. Don't look at other people's papers. Those couple of lines jumped out at me as I read Maria Goff's book " Love Lives Here" It reminded me that we can't all live the same life. Comparisons hold us back and discourage us like nothing else. We have fears of being different when we are SUPPOSED to be different. I grew up trying to fit in and not doing a very good job at it. When I was in my teens I thought I'd try a new approach so I started trying to be the opposite of what I was because I thought that is what everyone else wanted me to be. I am chatty and energetic and I tried to be dainty and quiet. I didn't do a very good job of that either. Yikes. Trying to be someone we're not is exhausting and it doesn't work. We seldom fool anyone or achieve the goal we thought we wanted. What we all really want I think, is to connect with one another and to matter. As an adult I have had goals and held them up against other p...
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