Finding (or, rather, “Protecting”) Joy in the Little Years

This week, I get to spend time with moms of preschoolers speaking on the topic “Finding Joy in the Little Years”. As I was preparing for the lesson, I remembered the time a while back when I had to break up with a Facebook group. It was a group full of moms swapping parenting stories, pictures, and experiences. When the group first started, it started out awesome – great stories of epic mom fails. Of kids being hilariously kid-like. Over time, however, it morphed into a place to air grievances. A place to wallow on the unfairness of it all.