We All Fall Down

Yep. Every single one of us will fall. It might be career related or life related, but we all will fall. What happens next is what separates the strong from the faint of heart.

We venture into parenthood with a trunk load of happy stories about how children complete you, your life and your family.


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While all of those things are true, they also complete the side of you that you genuinely do not care to know.

It's that side that has the most awful thoughts and seems to be completely lacking in rationalization. Children have the most unusual skill set. They can simultaneously fill you with joy and rip apart your sanity until you are reduced to a heap on the floor babbling something about doing this by choice. 

All at once, every plan to be the perfect, most patient, caring and nurturing parent ever born fall to the floor and lay in a puddle of tears. My tears. I've broken and am ready for the straight jacket. And then they stare at me in silent disbelief, completely unsure what to do. Do they dare poke the bear?

They muster all their empathy into one simple statement: "Mommy, when are you going to get up and make us a snack?"   A stronger person would just stay on the ground.

Husha, husha we all fall down.