Do you remember your first days of parenting?  Preparing to bring your bundle of joy home from the hospital.  Being sure that the car seat was in correctly.  Being totally exhausted from lack of sleep, but still smiling as you watched the baby sleeping in their crib.  Well, guess what?  Joy happens every day and in every stage of parenting.  It feels like we are on a hamster wheel getting everything done, but when we slow it all down and pause, we experience these bursts of joy.  Joy requires us to make it a choice.  A choice that we choose every day.  Recently I revisited my gratitude journal looking for inspiration for my day.  This entry spoke to the things that bring me joy and reminded me of a few lessons. Read the full article at https://www.theeverydaycrownrocker.com/the-joy-issue-2020/bring-back-the-joy-in-parenting