I didn’t intend to be a stay-at-home mom, much less a homeschooling stay-at-home mom, but stranger things have happened. Eight years ago, these two were my daily companions:
Obviously, they are still my daily companions, but their faces and needs have changed greatly over time and they continue to challenge me in every way possible. When I see photos like this I’m reminded of the sweetest parts of having little ones – and a tiny piece of me yearns to have it again.
But then I snap out of it because having a baby at this stage of life would cause a crack in the Earth. Did you know it was at our age now that Chuck’s parents spontaneously got pregnant with him after being told they couldn’t have children?
Yeah, we’re taking steps to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself.