Toughen Up!

Shelly’s not really a cuddler like Archer was.
No, she’s got a different drive. Food.



Thanks to Todd we had a nice date night, we went out for supper and then to a movie. The movie was about a boy who had a horrible teacher in gym class when he was young, and grew up resenting that man, only to find that his mom was now dating that very same man. We’ve all had one of those teachers, the ones that you hate, they’re too hard on you, you wouldn’t wish them on the meanest bully in the school, but there you are, stuck with them for a whole school year. And now I’m a mom - I talk up school to Archer, tell him how great its going to be when he goes to school but always in the back of my mind there’s that small fear. What if the other kids are mean to him? What if he has a mean teacher? I was talking to someone about his daughter’s first week in kindergarten, she was pushed down four out of her first five days. I remember my first grade teacher, she was just downright mean and cranky. And some people might say, “it makes you tougher,” but that doesn’t mean we don’t try to avoid those situations for ourselves, and why shouldn’t I try to keep my kids out of those situations? I know they have to go through tough things in life, its just how life is, but I still wish I could keep them from it. My heart aches to think I’ll be sending them out into the world to face the same injuries that I went through. “Having children is making the decision to forever have your heart walking around outside of you.” How true.