Author Archives: Jeremiah

Something I’ve noticed with the birth of our second child is that life before kids is much more linear.  You’re able to sit down to a task, or a meal, or a movie, and enjoy in it’s entirety.

Now, after having kids, life is full of more of what I’ll call commercial interruptions.  Life is no longer a movie but more of a daytime talk show with a collage of ideas and situations.  Struggling against this is a great way to use up what little sleep you’ve been able to cull out of your nights.

Instead we’re encouraged to acquire a more zen approach to life, putting things down midstream to devote attention to the next more pressing matter while coming back to your original task when time allows… or not at all.

Now that I’m learning better how to juggle, I feel the chaos of raising a family is a gift which shows us that life is not necessarily best when we’re calling all the shots.  It’s more of a cooperative dance.  Sometimes we know the steps, and sometimes we’re following the lead.