It gets easier!

A friend of ours once told my wife and I, “Little kids… little problems. Big kids… big problems.” I think she and her husband were helping their child with mortgage payments at the time. One of my little problems back then was that it seemed that I had to be holding my child ALL the time. I thought my arms were going to fall off. I asked someone else, “When will I no longer have to hold my child?” They said, “When you can’t.”


But it does get easier. We had two couples over the house recently on a Saturday night. My kids are 5 and 8 years old. They brought over two 8 year old boys and a 5 year old girl. We prepared a gourmet meal (re-heated Market of Choice delicacies) and hung out with the other adults in our dining room for 3 hours. Our kids played in and around the house until it got dark. The kids finally came in when they were to cold to play outside. Every once in a while, when we couldn’t see one of them outside, one of us would get up to see what they were up to.

It was an amazing night. Three hours of adult conversation. Pure bliss. And after brushing teeth (we skipped it for our 5 year old), our kids were asleep in minutes, completely worn out.

So yes, it does get easier. Thankfully, they’re too young to need help with mortgage payments.

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