Oil Life, Happy Wife

It's no secret that women are waiting longer to have children. When I was just out of high school, all of my friends were having kids. It was perfectly normal to start your family at 18 or 19. I almost had the jump on everybody, as I was pregnant for a while when I was 16. That just wasn't in God's plan for me at the time. While my friends were having their babies I was going to college. After college I started having some health issues that put extending our family in the back seat. After that, we just decided we weren't ready for a while. I ended up having my first son when I was 27. At the time, I looked at the 18 and 19 years olds and thought I had matured into someone who would make a better parent. To a certain extent I had figured out a lot of things that come with age, and I would be able to parent with purpose. I was ready. I had my own growing up done, and I could focus more on a child. It sounds like a beautiful thing. You wait until you have worked on y

Once upon a time, mothers all over the country were taken for granted. No one understood or appreciated how much work went into being a mom. Now though, we are being inundated with memes on Facebook taking notice of all the various jobs that go along with motherhood. I stay at home with my kids, so I get it. I eat, sleep, and breathe my kids. So much so, I feel like I have lost myself in all of this. It's worth it though. I mean it's my responsibility to make it all about them. This phase doesn't last forever. I am fully aware of all the chores and tasks this particular job entails. My little blessings can be quite a pain in the butt. The other day I was reminded of a different kind situation that moms endure regularly but never speak of. That is the physical pain we put up with from our children. Generally there is lots of getting run into and banged on. There are pokes in the eye and bruises, and tons of pulled hair. The other day we decided to take the boat out. It was a