The crack of the bat!

The Spring Training season is over for us. Such a sad time. I have meant to add updates for the last three weeks but everytime I think of it I am thinking of baseball. Jay and I enjoy the games, the weather, the crack of the bat, the small crowds, just the fun of it all. It is always sad to me when the teams move on for the year.

March has been interesting for us. It has been colder than normal until the last week. Now we are back to normal it seems so of course we heated up the pool. I love getting in the pool this time of year. The sun is out, the water is warm, and the sky is just so blue. I could float in the pool for hours. Jaron had his spring break from school last week but all he was interested in doing was playing video games. He had a few friends over, seems like we have kids at the house all the time. Jace and Jaron enjoy it though.

Jace is working at an auto body shop still but has discovered that it is back breaking work sometimes. I laugh when he comes home covered with dirt from all the tires he gets to deal with. It is full time work though and keeps him busy and employed for now. He will have to decide where to go from here.

I have come to the decision that when you have kids the challenges you will face aren't explained for a reason. Everyone knows about the worry you will face about their health and safety. But as they get older you realize that the hidden challenges can be as important and more difficult to solve. Like teaching a child to be independent, to not fear decisions, to be ok with making a mistake. Or how about teaching them to take responsibility for their environment, manage their own finances, and recognise a true friend. It doesn't just come to us as humans we have to be taught these things. But as a parent how do you teach them - how did we learn them ourselves. Well of course, we learned them through experience. But as a parent that means we have let the child go through all the same heartache we did to learn. That is the biggest challenge of all. Now we know why no one explains before we have kids.