Both parenting and FA take a village to get through the day (for the big stuff and little everyday stuff.) Both make you wish time would slow down. Both test you and challenge what you’re made of. Both pass through stages, and every stage brings pros and cons. Parenting and FA are both expensive, exhausting, isolating, and emotional. But both also introduce you to new communities of friends, reveal strengths, change your prospective. You realize what’s important and pursue greatness with passion – despite circumstances.
I know it seems odd: comparing the joys of parenthood to this disease, but they are two of the biggest things in my life and occupy a lot of my thoughts. I’ve learned not to let either aspect of my life define me. I find humor and sanity in these comparisons, I hope you did, too.