A rose with thorns. Big ones as well….
Parenting is filled with so many highs but wow does it come with some mightily sharp thorns. One of the peskiest of those thorns being the lack of sleep. As much as you kid yourself, you never seem to catch up with those missed closed eye moments. So far it’s 14 years of sleep deprivation and more to come I suspect.
BUT whisper it. Just like those roses with the thorns. Parenting is so worth the thorns.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Oh I hope Gary that you get some well deserved sleep. Parenting is a difficult job, the toughest I think.
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But it’s so worth it
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Indeed.
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Yes, it’s worth it. Most of the time😉 Sleep would be nice though🤦🏼♀️ I think the last time I had a really great sleep was during the 80s😲😂😂
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Sleep is greatly overrated 😂😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️
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I hope you get some sleep soon!
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Thanks Robyn
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Another excellent metaphor. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=zephirine+drouhin&source=hp&ei=hozZYI2wDpKp1fAPic-y2AQ&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYNmali-FhvEi4YodKC8MwyNMtKKwsfiW&gs_ssp=eJzj4tZP1zc0MjQ1M07JMmD0EqxKLcjILMrMS1VIKcovzcjMAwCVugpO&oq=Zephir&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADILCC4QsQMQgwEQkwIyAggAMgUIABDJAzICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMggILhDHARCvATICCAA6CAguEJECEJMCOgUIABCRAjoOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6BQgAELEDOggIABCxAxCDAToCCC46BwgAELEDEEM6BQguELEDOg4ILhCxAxCDARDHARCvAToICC4QsQMQgwFQhxtYkjhg2GdoAHAAeACAAXiIAeUEkgEDMi40mAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=gws-wiz
is a thornless prolific red climber – could it bring you a better future?
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It’s at least 23 years old.
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I so agree on this post and yes, I am feeling sleep-deprived. Sadly the mind seems not to want to shut off as soon as you put your head on the pillow. So frustrating. ❤️
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So worth it. I spent so many years cursing our school system, dreading the ten years left, and then eight years, and so on, thinking I’d never make it through. And then the abject terror of having to educate my son myself, knowing it would fall completely on my shoulders. And now that he’s finished high school with zero idea of what he wants to do next, the reality of how he’ll one day support himself is beyond worrying. Does it ever end?
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You said it Gary – sleep is overrated – like being social – like this, like that and so many others – albeit a little bit of sleep at the right time is required. Cracking photos you have been taking my friend .. admittedly l am reading backwards on your posts, but cracking shots or should l perhaps write stohs gnikcarc 🙂
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Yes. I agree, I bet parenting is worth all those sleepless nights! Xoxo
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