My Husband, My Hero

I have been married to Kyle for 2.5 years - I think, I probably should check that date.  Dates are not really my thing.  But, in the short years we have been married, I have fallen more and more in love with him as the days go by.  He truly is my very best friend and my most favorite person.  He gets me.  I get him.  We really are perfect for each other.

I look up to him, more so than I have ever looked up to anyone in my life.  His desire to be great at everything he does is something I wish I had.  His work ethic and dedication to getting better each and every day is inspiring to not only me but to the people around him. I am proud to call him my husband.

I want to spend my time with him because when I am with him I am complete.  Two hours feels like five minutes when we are together.  Life can be really boring without him.  When something happens he is the first person I want to tell.  When I see something funny, sad, happy, he is the first thing that comes to mind.

People spend their whole lives looking for love and we found it.  We are the lucky ones.  We found this amazing life that gives us even more purpose.  We have each other to do life with and it is so fulfilling.

A lot of people have bucket lists, not me.  I have Kyle.  He is my bucket list.  I just want to do life with him and whatever that means, as long as I am with him, we are set.  He is the very best of me and makes me a better person in every way.

I am lucky enough to be an 'ordinary woman who fell in love with an extraordinary man.'--(Thank you for those words Nicholas Sparks)

Yelling at your kids....

I have read articles talking about ways parents/adults talk to children and how adults would never talk to other adults the way we talk to children.  While I agree that sometimes adults are a little hard on kids, I have to say that adults would never do some of the things that my kids do.

Here are just a few examples of things I have had to say to my kids that I NEVER thought I would have to say out loud--and I especially don't think these are things I would ever have to say to an adult.

1. Please stop putting lipstick on and kissing the walls.
2. You should never wipe your butt with clorox bleach wipes, now go shower to make sure you don't have some weird reaction. 
3. Stop sucking your thumb.
4. Why are you licking your hands?  Do you know how dirty they are?
5. You cannot eat the gum you pick up off the ground. And eww, that is disgusting put it down. 
6. If you had listened to me you would not have run into the wall in the first place. 
7. You got kicked out of gymnastics?  How does a 6 year old get kicked out of gymnastics?
8. I told you not to touch the cactus...now look at yourself. 
9. Why would you rip a 20 dollar bill in half?
10. Looking at the pictures is not considered reading. Now read the words.
11. You knew the stove was on, why would you touch it? 

You guys, this could go on for days.  Everyday I say something that I swore I would never have to say.  Adults don't wipe their butts with clorox or eat candy off the ground -- at least the adults I choose to surround myself with don't.  

Kids are kids.  They need to be yelled at.  They need to be taught.  They need to be scared to never make some of the same choices again.  And sometimes me raising my tiny little voice is what scares them into realizing that what they just did was a very, very, very, bad decision. And sometimes all I can do is laugh--because the only other option is to cry. 

Parenthood.