I have to state from the outset that being a mom is maybe the best thing I’ve ever done.
And I’m talking about for myself.
I simply can’t imagine life without my family and being a mom. That said, it’s not all that easy because I have three boys who are barely 5 years apart from youngest to oldest. If you have 3 boys in your house, you know what a challenge that can be. There is not exactly a lot of time to sit in the air conditioning with a glass of white wine and catch up with my husband about our days. No, it’s more a combination of being referee, nurse, cook, driver and on and on. It just never stops with these boys. But strangely, there is a part of me that is cherishing this time in their lives. And I even got an HVAC upgrade due to their hijinks. The boys, against my direction, will often be tossing some sort of ball around inside the house. And that is clearly against the rules. So when I heard a ball hit something and then that something shattered, it was followed by 3 pairs of feet running away. I came into the living room to find the thermostat to be laying in several pieces. So I called the HVAC company and had them install the smart thermostat that my husband had been resisting. And I let the boys take the heat from their father on that one while I fell deeply in love with the smart thermostat.