This weekend has been a tough one. As I noted on noted on Friday, there is quite a bit of stress and worry on my wife Sondra’s side of the family right now, at they wonder how things will end up working out for her grandmother. There’s not much I can really do to make Sondra feel better, unfortunately; no matter how much I’d love to make her laugh and smile again, it’s going to take some time until everything has been resolved (and given the likely resolution, probably some time after that for her to recover).
While we’re waiting to hear some news, I’m doing what I can, mainly trying to give my wife a chance to rest and relax as things progress. It means I’m spending more time this weekend taking care of our little baby (not that I don’t already do a lot to care for her, but I digress). I covered all the feeding, changing, and playing with Laney yesterday, which was a nice reminder of just how much time and effort goes into caring for a five month old child (even before you factor in the added fun of caring for an attention-craving dog.)
It was an interesting day, to say the less, and a nice reminder of how difficult the task of ‘stay-at-home parent’ really is. It’s days like yesterday that greatly increase my respect for all the stay-at-home moms out there, to say nothing of all those moms who can do that and still have the energy to do something like blogging. I’ll definitely have to check out more of those blogs, so I’ll have some excellent examples to share as:
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