Years later, I married a man I believed met and exceeded my expectations. I also became a mom of two boys. It’s easy to claim my standards of a boy’s character. It’s a whole different story to raise two on my own. More importantly, should I still raise them according to my expectation?

One thing I value the most when it comes to parenting is my relationship with my kids. I am not willing to do anything to harm our relationship. Everything else is a fair game. This realization didn’t come easily though……

Jia and I are very different in so many accounts in life. When it comes to kids, we are seriously different. I LOVE kids. I can’t get enough of them. I adore every aspect of them, the good, the bad the stinky and the lovely. Jia on the other hand loves the idea of being a dad, but can’t handle the reality of spending time with them. In other words, he loves our tow boys wholeheartedly, but he doesn’t LIKE them. See the difference?