HARD KNOCKS OF LIFE

It seems as though lately Keaton has become resentful of the fact that his dad has to work so much. He gets upset when Kev has to sit at the computer and do school work or when he has to work the night job and be gone at night. Kev and I agreed that maybe the night job was becoming too much for him with school and his full time job with Coca Cola. He actually had kind of a meltdown one Saturday with everything on his plate. Together we decided that even though the money from the night job helped a lot it was time to let it go so Kev would not be stretched so thin and maybe spend more time with at home with us. Keaton was so excited when he heard this and kept asking, "When is dad's last day at the night job?" Well, not long after Kev told the kids he was going to quit he decided not to quit so he could help his parents out with some financial help. Isn't he a GREAT guy? Here is is stretched thinner then thin and just dreaming of the day he could quit the night job which he has come to hate, so he could concentrate more on school and then after talking with his mom one day he decides he will stick it out just to help them. Well, when Keaton heard he wasn't quitting he got real upset. It is weird because, normally Keaton is so passive and just goes with the flow but lately he has been craving time with his dad and feels it is unfair he doesn't get it. Maybe it's because he is getting older but dad is his favorite person right now and unfortunately Keaton doesn't understand that life is not always what we want it to be and that sometimes we have to sacrifice things. I try to tell him that life has some hard knocks and we just have to get through them as best we can and be grateful for the things we do have. It doesn't go over very well with a 10 year old and it breaks my heart that Kevan is gone so much and then when he is home he is busy with school when I know Kev would rather be playing with the kids. I know that someday Keaton will come to understand that his dad is the kind of dad that has always worked hard and that he has done it so that Keaton and Bailey Rose could have the things that they needed and then some. I hope he sees the example Kev sets as a hard worker and that Keaton will be a hard worker when he is a husband and father. However, right now my heart breaks for him at his young age as I see him wanting his dad around more. He loves his dad so much and wants him around more and well, it's just not fair when you are a 10 year old!