I know that this goes against the current zeitgeist, but parenting *should* be inconvenient. It *should* make you prioritize and put yourself and your desires second to the needs of your children. It *should* force you to think less of yourself. It’s meant to change you
Yeah, I don’t get time to do whatever I want anymore. I can’t just go out and hang with friends or see every film that releases in theaters. I can’t spend hours in the woodshop. And I can’t just quit my job to live with my wife and live an itinerant lifestyle.
Right now I have something more, something better, someone(s) infinitely more important than my interests and desires. I have a duty and responsibility to raise and care for four little human beings that are made in mine andy wife’s likeness and bearing the image of God.
It’s a wonderful and beautiful thing. And it’s hard. I don’t *like* not doing what I want. I don’t *like* having to clean up after them constantly, or take care of every little sibling squabble.
But I get to, I have to. And each choice that puts them above me makes me better
What’s more, it makes them better. And they, in turn, will make a better world
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