Dear Thea,
Man, has life been a ride lately! The last few months have brought a lot of changes for our family. We decided to sell our 4 bedroom house of 5 years and buy a TINY HOUSE. Which meant a loooot of preparation selling most of what we owned and packing everything else. Then we moved into a one bedroom apartment and moved AGAIN when the tiny was finished being built. We just moved in last weekend and are in the thick of unpacking and assembling all the things in the tiny now. Needless to say, in all the hustle and bustle of the past 5 months, there hasn't been much time for the family nights and connection time that we are accustomed to. I can tell it's begun to take it's toll on you. You've been emotional and angry more often the past few weeks. I'm trying to have all the patience and grace because I KNOW things are off. I feel it too. But I keep failing. I keep losing my cool. I have so much mom guilt about how much we've had to "ignore" you in our busyness of getting things done. I wonder if you feel unseen or unloved. I can only hope you can look back and know we were trying our best. That we feel the toll it's taken, also. Never once, in all the craziness, did I not love you or want you there. Everything I do is for you. I'm trying to get us all settled as quickly as possible so that we can get back to our weekly family nights and spend quality time together. I love you.
Love,
Mommy
