I haven't written in a while, and as we approach the beginning of a new school year, I figured this was as good a time as any to start over. It has been almost a year since Cliff has had full custody of the kids and they have lived with us full time (officially.) They are growing into independent young ladies although I hear Aubree calling Jordan a "meanie head" as I write this.
Raising three girls is tough. They all like different foods, they all like different things and they are each their own little person. When they play together it sounds like constant bickering, and sometimes I intervene, but I mostly try to let them work their differences out on their own. Dinner time is hard, but we all sit down as a family and have dinner together. I regret not doing that always with Drake, as we would fix our plates and sit in the living room. I may get frustrated at the kids for loving a certain food the last time we ate it to not even wanting to try it the next time, but at least we are eating as a family.
I was recently given an opportunity to work from home. This will save me about 2 hours a day on my commute and probably a couple of hundred dollars a month. It will also give me the opportunity to be home when Katelyn gets home from school, and to try and have dinner fixed before the chaos of fall ball and life in general takes over. I hope it helps to reduce some of the stress we face in out day to day schedules.
While life is sometimes hard, it is always worth it.
