check. fights? check. smartypants talk? check. and you better believe that gets my emotions stirred up. i want to yell right back. i want to whine right back. and i sure don’t care about burying my crazy when i have to ask for the fifth time for someone to stop fighting. or do the flipping dishes.
as the woman in this house of emotional boys (and man), i have found over the years that my job* is to keep things as steady and normal as possible when there are changes coming. i have to honor them and if i want them to understand the importance of their emotions, i have to 