I have kept a personal blog for years. It started when I was single, then it morphed into a blog for my family. I had the thought though, to share a few of my posts here. Especially the ones that pertain to family and children. Or marriage. I definitely am no expert in any of those departments, but I like to share my thoughts and occasionally people will tell me it helped them. So here’s to being vulnerable!
So, I wanted to share something that my husband and I started to do a few weeks ago. It was actually my husbands idea and it might sound silly, but it has been a really positive thing for us.
Patrick (my husband) and I tackle bedtime/nightime in a 50/50 partnership, so we decided that one night a week, each person would have a night to themselves. My nights are Tuesday and his are Thursdays. This means if it’s your night, you don’t have to cook (ok this was mainly a perk for me) and you are free of all parental duties for the evening. You can stay home and lock yourself in a room. You can go out with friends. You can go eat dinner at a restaurant by yourself. You have the freedom to do whatever you want on that night of the week.
It has been really nice to KNOW that there is a weekly break from the monotony of parenthood. It’s refreshing and by the time the day comes around, it’s so needed. I have been using my nights to work uninterrupted but it’s nice knowing I can use it for whatever. Once a month I meet with my good friend and owner of Old Lantern Handcrafted Goods. We typically meet over coffee after our babies are in bed and encourage each other in motherhood and business. We pray for each other and pray over our businesses together and it’s nice knowing that those monthly meetings have a place in our family calendar.
So maybe you can’t do every week and it looks more like every other week or once a month, but I want to encourage you to maybe figure out SOME type of night that you are relieved of your parental duties and have time for WHATEVER you want.
If you’re holding the weight for both parents, maybe find another mama and trade nights? Where there’s a will, there’s a way! .jpg)
My 3 year old took the picture of my husband and I! We are sitting on the floor in the playroom of our house!
