I’m so tired.
Tired of trying so hard.
Tired of borrowing money.
Tired of disconnect notices.
Tired of dodging bill collectors.
Tired of not being able to give my kids a better life.
Tired of trying yet something else that may bring in some cash and it doesn’t.
Tired of feeling broken, both in body and spirit.
Tired of failing.
Tired.
I hear you sister.
You? Fail? You can’t be serious.
How awesome are you? Let me count the ways:
1. You’ve kept your family together and happy and healthy despite all obstacles.
2. You never give up, becoming an entrepreneur when the job market crashed.
3. Despite a miles-long, Macy’s parade of challenges you haven’t turned into a bitter, snarky bitch when it would be sooooo easy to become one.
4. You are HUGELY talented – writing, designing, photography, sewing, Mom-ing, Wife-ing, et cetera ad nauseum.
5. You have a beautiful heart, and I don’t have to meet you in person to know that. It beats across Teh Interwebz.