I realize I haven’t written a substantive post in quite a while now.  That really is a problem.

I write because I want to write, because I like to write, and because it is cathartic for me to get my thoughts out of my head.  Really, that is why so many of my entries take place at 2 am; those are the times that I can’t get to sleep because of everything floating around upstairs. 

I have so many revelations about being a parent.  I have so many great thoughts that I want to share.  There is nothing like doing what I am doing now.  In the past, I once told myself that I think if I could be a mom, and never achieve any of my other goals, I would still be satisfied.  I’m fairly certain now that I was right.

Ronan has opened up a whole new world to me.  Everything I look at, I see so differently than I did before.  Even just little things, like talking on the phone with my mom – I realize now how much that probably means to her.  The respect I have for both of my parents has increased a thousand-fold.  This truly is the hardest job in the world.  I love every minute of it.