Mild Mama

So, you want to know the number one reason marriages end in divorce? To be completely honest, I don't know the number one reason why marriages end in divorce. I just wanted to catch your eye. HAH! but since you are here.... I DO know that when trust is broken it can be extremely hard to repair. Sam (my husband) and I have gone through our fair share of struggles in our short 5 years of marriage. Trust has been broken & repaired and broken again and repaired again. On both of our ends! I'm not talking about adultery here, I'm talking about the small things - the things that you don't realize are stunting the growth of your relationship. Saying you'll be on time & showing up late, spending money before consulting the other person, putting your own selfish needs above the other, breaking promises... These are the small things that put cracks in the foundation and later can make the whole building collapse. Sam and I talk a lot on how we can work to build a...

This past week, my husband was out of town for a work & Super Bowl trip. (go patriots!!) He told me 2 weeks ago he would be gone for 10 days... Yes. you read that right. TEN. DAYS. Me, alone with the 3 kids - 3 years old and under... I thought I was going to have a panic attack right then and there! How was I going to handle it all by myself? How was school drop off going to go? How were baths going to happen? How was I going to handle bedtime routine alone? My heart was racing and I could feel myself sinking in to frantic-ness. I knew that I had a choice in this moment, I could either let myself be overcome with panic or I could pick myself up- tell myself I could do this, that God gave me these children to care for, that I WANTED these children, and it is not their fault they're a lot of work haha! (plus after a few days my sister called and told me she was flying in to visit and help me out - thank you, Jesus!) I realized in the hard moments this week, (my kids tracking ...