All in Relationships
While my needs were always met as a child, my family didn’t have excess funds for frivolous things. My parents are also very conservative, so even if they had had unlimited resources, the foolishness of expensive clothing for their teenage daughter would not have been a priority.
In order for me to focus my attention on writing, building a business and getting in shape, Jason is picking up the slack—taking on nearly 100% of the financial responsibility for our family. He is supportive of this decision, that we made together, but I can tell he sometimes finds the change in lifestyle frustrating.
Over a short period of time, I realized the value of keeping up with cousins and sharing photos with friends was outweighed by the divisive nature of political posts and the self-doubt inducing humble bragging of many of my connections.
Most of us only think of our mothers as our mothers. We don’t take time to consider much about who they are as people—what their aspirations were before we came along and changed everything.
Adulthood, married with children in particular, means anythingbut freedom. Far from what I’d envisioned, most of my life revolves around obligations and the desires of everyone in my circle.
