tired

I am tired. I am tired all the time. I'm tired of talking about how tired I am. I know I knew tired before I had kids - tired from college, tired from work, tired from grad school. But since 2009 I have been weary to my bones. This is the happy side effect of answered prayers and three growing children. My husband and I joke that we could sleep for a decade and still be sleep-deprived. This would probably be scientifically true if I did the math. But you know. Too tired. Sometimes tired feels like a character flaw. Take better care of yourself! Go to bed earlier!  Sometimes tired feels like an inner critic. Stop complaining. Everyone's exhausted. Move on. But tired is the plain fact of my life. The contours of kids and work and home and every other devotion and demand to which I give my days and nights. I love it all, but I am tired. After a week where we tried to go to bed early every night - tried but got tied up with work again, caught up with chores … [Read more...] about the theology of tired (and a prayer for the sleep-deprived)