Today is my 48th birthday. Natalie asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday and I essentially told her I’d like to hide. I don’t care about the age thing at all. Day by day we get older, our bodies and minds change, whatever. But I would rather have this be a secret day where only the family…
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Expectations
I get really anxious over expectations. I think through the years I have tried to keep my expectations low about a lot of things so that I wouldn’t be disappointed. But, inevitably, I’m disappointed, or disappointing, sometimes. With the kids, there are frequently the exclamations of “not fair!” And I have to tell them that I try to be as…