Start the Tough Conversations
What is the most difficult, yet important conversation you’ve had around your child’s needs?
Maybe it was around medications. Or the decision to have more children.
For Jamie and I, it was around forever. It took us years to be able to sit down and rationally speak about it.
In the beginning, I’d bring it up. We’d fight.
Months later, he’d bring it up after a few drinks, and I’d cry. We could never get on the same page at the same time.
I think it had to do with hope and an unknown future. Some days it felt negative.
Some days it felt hopeful. Some days we felt defeated.
Some days we just wanted to believe we wouldn’t need to have these discussions.
Finally, we reached an okay place.
We could talk about retirement and adulthood. We could talk about forever.
It’s still hard. But we do it because the conversations need to happen.
Start them. Bring them up.
Trust me, they need to happen.
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