Parenting

"Your relationship with your wife is about SO much more than just you and her."

I can’t really imagine Jesus saying, “Don’t lust, but if she’s really attractive to you, and she’s not wearing much, then I totally get it."

"I don’t remember how sometimes you got angry or cried or had to walk out of the room to take a breath. I don’t remember a schedule, a checklist or any expectations other than just you."

"I will always hold onto the memories. Of the little girl who wore the little clothes. The one who laughed and cried without abandon. The one who never hesitated to wrap her arms around my waist. I will always hold onto that little girl, even when there’s a big girl wrapped in my embrace."

I love my children so much, but if I’m laying it all out for you… sometimes I want to kill them. Like, shaken child syndrome, kill them.

"I told him I captured him crying seeing his son and he said, 'That's not why I was crying.'"

My girl is now the one leaving. And it’s been years since little toes lined up where I now stand, the small fingers that clung to lovies to comfort them as I left.

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