There are days we all feel like giving up. You might feel caught in power struggles and conflict.  Somedays you feel like you are the only one not getting it right. Everyone else's family appears to be operating more smoothly than your's. You are exhausted. This. Is. Hard. You aren't alone. All long term commitments cycle through phases of peaks, valleys and plateaus. Unless we are willing to post our rough days on social media, we need to stop posting our "perfect" moments. Let's be authentic and gentle with ourselves when it is our turn to walk through a valley. Let's be gentle and authentic with others when they are in their low places too. We all get our turn with the good and the bad. Rinse and repeat. Failures and setbacks = growth. Just keep showing up and loving.