We are a homeschooling family. I offer that without judgment, expectation, agenda or calls for sympathy. Instead, I give it to provide context for the email exchange below that occurred this morning between Katrina and me.
Email #1…
From: Katrina
To: Chris
To: Chris
Christopher.
Our children are ridiculous people.
Don't come home.
I may need to get out my disintegration ray gun.
It may not be pretty.
Kat
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Email #2…
From: Chris
To: Katrina
Staying away.
Leave a pile of food and meet me at S’bucks.
To: Katrina
Staying away.
Leave a pile of food and meet me at S’bucks.
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Email #3…
From: Katrina
To: Chris
From: Katrina
To: Chris
I'm leaving now.
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Although virtual, exchanges like this are vital to our marriage, our children, and our sanity. The pressure lessens with a bit of humor and shared commiseration. Our kids can be ridiculous…but then we can be too. In some ways, I feel like I never mature beyond ridiculousness (is that a word?). And often in the unveiling of my children’s ridiculousness, I see a mirror of my own which can be humbling. Humble parenting is not a bad place to work from.
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