July 6, 2021 - Tuesday (274/365)


Day 274 of my 365 Photo Journal

Today ended up being a stressful day. This is not Ben's journal, so I won't go too much into it, but he has been off lately. And, being married to Ben, this has made it difficult to not feel what he's feeling, to some extent...just in the way that moods permeate the whole household. Obviously, we both carry a lot of responsibility on our shoulders and when anything additional is added to the load, it can throw us completely off balance. I honestly don't know why he's been feeling as stressed and upset as he has, but it does seem to be getting worse as the trip gets closer, so maybe it has to do with that? I feel especially bad for Jonas when Ben is not doing great. He tries so hard to fix things before they can make Ben upset and he bears a lot of the blame when he does inevitably get upset anyway. In truth, we both have our kid that kind of gets the brunt of our anger, which is pretty sad. Man, I need God to fix me! 

We went to Jenny's this morning and I took a few pictures of the kids playing outside in the "sand pit". Not a single full face in the entire photo! And SUCH a messy mess! 

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