Kaila Mugford

Has there ever been a time where you logged onto Facebook (or any other social media site for that matter), and immediately saw something that set you off? I have. It just happened a few minutes ago, actually. An article popped into my newsfeed on how spanking delays cognitive development. The title was enough to irritate, and the comments...ugh why do I even care to read something people have to say about a subject I already have made my decision on? As if I didn't already have a hard time making parenting decisions, I now am looking at articles that might as well be titled, "Doomed to Screw up Your Child: Why Your Decisions are Always Wrong." I HAVE to let go of my social media addiction. And yes, it's an addiction. It's something that hurts me more than it does anything else for me, and yet I keep going back to it. Does that mean I'm going to be done cold turkey? Never to have an internet presence again? Umm. No. I like sharing the pictures of my family...

I probably seem a little bipolar of sorts going through highs and lows on here, but that's mostly because the times that are happiest (and saddest), I like to share. I don't care for putting on an air of perfection, because I'm not. Tomorrow Jamey and I will be celebrating our 4 year anniversary. Has it really only been 4 years? I feel like we've already lived a lifetime together. And that's a good thing ;-) We didn't really seem to have much of a chance when we first started dating. Eight months after our first date, Jamey moved me in to college in North Carolina and shortly after that, he boarded a plane for Japan. I was told by multiple people in college that it would never last, and we'd be better off ending it early to save heartbreak later. Somehow, we survived that year of saying good morning/good night twice a day, and spent the next summer together. To make a long story short, we did manage to make it through the next 3 years long distance. In...