Why We Needed Character Badges As Much As our Children Did!
I never thought I would type this.
My husband started a blog.
*Gasp*
It’s honestly about time, he is a great writer, and I’ve been on him for awhile now to blog! Here is his first post that he wrote for the Character Badges blog….
Let me start off by saying that I’m painfully aware of how busy life can be. Everybody has a hundred things to do and in the rare instance that some free time pops up (what’s that?) there’s always something (or someone) lurking to fill it.
I sometimes chuckle to myself when I look back to when Caroline and I were first married. We thought we were busy then! I’m sure if you would have come to me 13 years ago with this need or that I would have made some excuse about being too busy (well, that’s not really true because I’ve always been something of a “yes” man). The point is, we definitely felt busy back then, but nothing could have prepared us for how busy we are now.
Of course, having children raised the bar on busyness exponentially. Suddenly our time was not our own. Before children I used to come home from work, kick my shoes off and snuggle up with Caroline on the couch and read a good book or listen to some Chopin. After children I didn’t even have time to kick off my shoes!
Seriously though, children change things in ways that are difficult to explain. They don’t just affect your time. It’s your care and your concern and your emotions and a host of other things. Just as your children need food to live, they need all of these other things to thrive. Some parents embrace these demands while others try to ignore them. Ignoring them always leads to frustration and even bitterness….
