Difficulties

When folks find out the size of our family, there is one comment that almost always gets shared, "You must be so patient!"

I usually laugh and say, "I wish!" or some such thing. I can tell by the look on their faces that they do not believe me and I that they think I truly must have some sort of super-power.

My "superpower," if I even have one, is making beautiful, healthy babies...and yet, even that is truly God's Work, not mine.

I do have a hard time being a parent. I was SO glad to be done with classroom teaching for several reasons:

• I cannot stand bickering

• I hate being the "judge" when I haven't even been a witness to the "crime"

• I didn't like when parents did not see the "spin" their kid put on a classroom situation

And now, guess what I live with everyday?
Lord, have mercy.

I just pray that when my children become parents, they have the ability to deal with all of those situations more perfectly than I have been able to.