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there’s magic in the climb
I do remember as a young, newly married man in my twenties, feeling an urgent necessity to create a marriage and a form of parenting that would set all wrongs to rights and fill each of the gaps I felt so keenly from my own growing. With maturity and a truer sense of my own sins, I find myself with an almost opposite perspective, trying to live up
... See moreDavid Whyte • The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
I want to go somewhere and see something or do or feel something beautiful, but I feel trapped. Asher needs and wants me at night. I can’t leave. I walk in my circles in the morning and try to focus on the mountains and not the fence. Every night I look at Buster and I can’t help but think it’s not going well in there. Maybe this was a kid museum
... See moreJessi Klein • I'll Show Myself Out
Sometimes it's harder, sometimes there are moments where you're like, man, I really wish I could escape this moment and go check Instagram or something, but instead I'm just going to sit here and my kid's crying and dinner's terrible because the kids are just being total jerks and I'm tired and not feeling great and my wife is upset because she's... See more
J.E. Petersen • Uncomfortable on Purpose
When you are a kid, you move between moments without a conscious plan. Your parents take you out for dinner and you get the chicken nuggets. It’s simple and immediate. As you become a parent, you live all the decisions and effort that went into the single moment. You planned around naps, figured out the best restaurant for kids, planned travel
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