Stressful

It's sometimes amazing how much stuff students are able to handle. We are all "busy" and occupied with the everyday things that fill our lives, but sometimes those things tend to create undue stress and anxiety, despite their perceived significance and importance. I find it hard to separate the stress of work with the work of being a husband and father, but my wife works as a constant reminder of what's really important. Plus, I have the added benefit of a little boy who only wants to hug and to play. His insatiable need for love and to love always reminds me to take a step back, to breathe and to think about what's really important in my life. That is not to say that my work and my students are not important; rather, it is a way to maintain some semblance of order and sanity.