My biggest responsibility and most important job.

Gage woke up so grumpy today. 😄 He reminds me a lot of my brother sometimes. He’s sweeter than Jay was at that age, but he’s got a little bit of a pessimistic way about him. I can see that he struggles with it.

That’s okay, he is his own little person.. I just don’t ever want him to struggle with those emotions and feel like he’s alone with them. Some things do run in our families. Depression and addiction certainly run in mine.

My job is to always remember that and give my kids what they need to cope better than I did.

MY happiness and needs became secondary when I had children. It’s not about me anymore. I became a much better Mama when I realized that.

Some days are harder than others, but everything we put into them is worth it.

I’m certainly no trophy Mom, but if love alone could mend all things, I’d be in pretty good shape.