Alright, so I've never been one to buy into the idea that life is easy, but I never thought things could be as difficult as they are sometimes! Sure, there are always going to be things that come up that are crazy difficult... but I'm talking about things that I knew would come, but never could have imagined how hard they were going to be! I'm talking about my kids. I knew parenting would be hard, and I'll admit, there are pieces that were easier than I thought and pieces that have been harder, but all in all it's been about as difficult as I imagined it would be. This past week was a great example of things being harder than I ever thought they'd be. Sierra has a new friend down the street, very sweet girl. This girl is an only child and is Sierra's age which translates into she and Sierra are instant best friends. I think it's great, all kids should have friends and I was glad to see she was making friends on our block. So Sierra goes...