6 Month Update
My husband has now been the bishop of our congregation for six months and thirteen days. People have just barely stopped asking me what it is like to be a bishop's wife and I don't think I have ever answered the question well because it is a complicated response. First off, it is challenging, and more so than I expected it to be. Perhaps pridefully, I thought when he got called that I was totally ready for this challenge and could handle it. My dad was a bishop and stake president from the time I can remember until I was in high school and my mom never complained or seemed bothered about him being gone so much. I figured I could easily follow her good example and do the same. I am now more humble in realizing that I can't handle the increased burden of parenthood on my own well. It isn't even just the physicality of getting them where they need to go but also the emotional stress of being the only one who is there to handle all disputes, break downs, complaining and m...