Life is Hard.

Tonight, I don't have a picture...but I have a message.  I'm sure I've said this to the boys a million times, but in case I haven't, this is for them.

Life is hard.  People are crazy.  Nothing is fair.

I know some of you are giggling (probably the above referenced boys) but every word of that is true.  Sometimes, it takes you forty years to figure it out.  I'm saving you the time.

Life is hard.  It's a lot of fun, but it's hard.  Working full time, raising a family, paying the bills, juggling it all....it's hard.  But it's so worth it.  So in those moments that it seems too hard, remember this.  We've all been there, we've all made it through.  It doesn't always get easier, but you learn to roll with it a little better.

People are crazy.  That's an important one.  Sometimes you will think it's you that's crazy.  Sometimes the crazy one will try to convince you that it's you that's crazy.  Just know....you can't cure stupid.  You can't cure crazy.  You can spend a lifetime trying to make sense of it, but at the end of the day, sometimes crazy is just crazy.  And if you realize it...run!

Nothing is fair.  If I had a nickel for all the times the boys told me something wasn't fair, I'd be blogging from my million dollar yacht somewhere in the South Pacific with an umbrella drink in hand.  I'm here to tell you that life isn't fair.  It's isn't even almost fair.  Sometimes, the losers win.  Not everyone is nice.  It's a fact of life.  And the way I see it, you have two choices.  You can wallow in the "unfairness" of it all or you can pick yourself up, brush yourself off and keep trudging along.  It won't be easy (See Life is Hard above).

With all of that said, spectacular moments and loved ones make all of the above worth it.  The first words of your first born and the warm hug of your youngest child.  The simple "I love you" from a friend.  So suck up the rest knowing it's worth it.  You don't know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

I love you all!