My favorite conversations with Steve are the spontaneous ones that last for hours.
In our busy lives, it's difficult to "find time" to discuss day to day things. We do a lot of coordinating via email as we add, delete, or move things on our family calendar. When he comes home at night (around 8-8:30) we talk about our jobs, our kids, the house, our family and friends and of course, the family agenda.
Sometimes we eat dinner quietly and don't talk about anything.
But what I love is when we set out to do something else, but end up in a deep conversation about the real things in life.
Tonight we talked about parenthood. Our families. Discipline. Our desire for the kids to be resolute and confident individuals yet respectful.
We talked for hours about generation old mistakes and how we hope to avoid them.
We talked about our love for each other and how that will affect our children's lives.
We talked about the three little ones sleeping one room over and hoped that they would become better people than we.
I'm so glad we're in this together.
"Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare."
Ed Asner
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