Listening to my two teenagers cracking up together in the other room brings me so much joy.

I’m 37f and they are 17(almost 18) and 16 and let me tell you we’ve been through it.

I had them young and not exactly financially stable but I did my best to raise them as best as I could. They went through challenging phases in the early teen years between them being in different stages in growing, my oldest had some mental health struggles for a couple years, and now some issues with my husband (their father) and I over the past year that has affected them in some ways. It’s just been rough. They are amazing people through it all though.

I’m laying in bed trying to get to sleep after a long shift, my third day at a brand new job today. It’s almost 11pm and I’ve been up since 4 am.

They are in the other room absolutely dying laughing at something together. Loud af and keeping me awake. I have no idea what and I really don’t care, all I know is they have grown so close over the last year and it makes my heart melt to hear them like this together. If I lose another 30 minutes of sleep to let them have this moment it will be worth it.