"We do a lot of chicken nuggets and corn dog nuggets at my house because it turned out that my hopes and dreams of being an organic healthy mother died a very long time ago." - Ha! This sentence made me feel so very seen. Also need to snag some of those dive gems for our summer!! Thanks for all the recs!
So true that changes are multidimensional, rarely all bad or good, overwhelming or suffocatingly boring. For many of us, most of life flows between the extremes, and we can be glad for that. My wife and I (45 years) process the world differently. We have some overlap, but largely experience the same situations differently. Comparing perceptions enriches our awareness and appreciation.
Summer is my favorite season, but I'm also a person who craves a lot of calm alone time and children who, well, don't, so summer is a real mixed bag for me, too. Last year, we snagged summer camps about every other week, and that seemed to work pretty well for a balance of laid back summering and having time to work and be in the house by myself. But camps are expensive and tough to get into (DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED), so it's not a feasible solution for everyone. All that to say, summer is complicated, and I'm grateful for the permission to acknowledge it!
"We do a lot of chicken nuggets and corn dog nuggets at my house because it turned out that my hopes and dreams of being an organic healthy mother died a very long time ago." - Ha! This sentence made me feel so very seen. Also need to snag some of those dive gems for our summer!! Thanks for all the recs!
So true that changes are multidimensional, rarely all bad or good, overwhelming or suffocatingly boring. For many of us, most of life flows between the extremes, and we can be glad for that. My wife and I (45 years) process the world differently. We have some overlap, but largely experience the same situations differently. Comparing perceptions enriches our awareness and appreciation.
Summer is my favorite season, but I'm also a person who craves a lot of calm alone time and children who, well, don't, so summer is a real mixed bag for me, too. Last year, we snagged summer camps about every other week, and that seemed to work pretty well for a balance of laid back summering and having time to work and be in the house by myself. But camps are expensive and tough to get into (DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED), so it's not a feasible solution for everyone. All that to say, summer is complicated, and I'm grateful for the permission to acknowledge it!