Mom, Travel, and Love

First off, let me be honest and say how difficult this time has been for me. Between stress at work, some stress at home regarding my son, it's just, hard. I have started to hate the phrase, "How are you?" because most of the time, folks don't want the honest truth. They want an answer that will placate them. Very few people want what's going in on my head. So, yes, I'm still semi struggling. Some days are better than others. And if you ask me a direct question, I may or may not give you a real answer, whether or not I think you want the real answer.

So, back to what I'm supposed to be writing.

Day 10: Mom

I have learned what it means to be a mother from my mom. I know that it sounds very cliche, but she has given me so much. How to treat others, how to show compassion, how to take care of others. She has shown me what it's like to have a passion for life, a passion for learning new things, for reading, for loving nature. I remember her taking care of me multiple times when I have been sick. I remember watching movies together, I remember traveling to more places that I can honestly remember, I remember reading books together as a family. I have been trying to do the same for my boys. To be so self-less and so serving of others. I want to learn how to do more fun things for my boys, to have boundless patience and kindness for them. I know my boys miss their Muppa.

Day 11: Travel

Right now, the only traveling I want to do is to see my parents. I miss my family so much.

Day 12: Love

Timothy Jacob Harbison is my one true love. I had thought I had understood love before, but then I met him. Heck, I was even engaged before, due to get married, and that ended up failing. I have had guy after guy leave me out to dry. Then, as God would have it, I met Tim while he was doing an internship in Ithaca, NY. I was definitely the one who was the pursuer of Tim. Thankfully, I never scared him off. I told him all about me, all of my baggage and the bad stuff, during our first date. The next day, we became boyfriend and girlfriend. Within a week we were discussing marriage. We got engaged 4 months later, and 6 months after that, got married. Now, we have been married for 5 years and have two wonderful boys together. It may not have been the most traditional thing, but I would never change it.