“I won’t let her stuff overtake our house,” I had said.
No. We will put her toys in the back room and everything else will be contained in her bedroom.
She will be a child living in a grown-up world, not the other way around.
My office will continue to be my sanctuary filled with only clutter of my making and books with topics of higher learning.
The kitchen will always be a place filled with food and fancy tumblers.
Our bedroom will continue to be a peaceful place without distractions.
Nothing will change.
Or everything will change and this first time parent couldn’t have been more wrong. But the reality of parenting couldn’t be more worth it.
