Journey & Adventure

My brain is a tangled mess these days.   Honestly, I don’t know whether I’m coming or going.     Somehow however, I manage to stay organized amongst all the chaos – mostly thanks to J.     It’s been almost 2 years since J left his job and since then, he’s become the “man” of the household or as I affectionately call him my “domestic engineer”.     In an effort to grow our businesses, have more time on weekends, get our life under control and ultimately get ready for our eventual relocation, we made the decision that J would stay home and work on unfinished projects, household chores, business growth, etc.   Let me say this – it was the best decision of our lives (at least in my opinion).     With my growing responsibilities at work and the hectic pace of life in general, I don’t know how I would have survived and maintained my sanity.   J looks after everything, except finalizing the meals.   He takes care of dishes...

What has become of us?   All we do is scurry from one appointment to another, from one chore to another, from one day to another.   We don’t stop to appreciate what’s around us, the seasons, each other.     We rarely take time for ourselves and it seems we don’t even have enough time in the day to stop and breathe.   The Boy said to me this morning…”All I can think is how exhausted I am.   I don’t have any time for anything and the most depressing part is…that’s the way my life will be forever.”   I was so shocked by that statement coming from someone so young and so inexperienced with the real world.   I wish I could have disagreed with him.   The only words of wisdom I could muster were “Don’t let your life get out of control now or you’ll never recover.   You’re young enough to change your destiny.”      I wish I believed what I said to be true.     As much as I like to believe we are in c...