The founder of Craigslist expressed a little astonishment at learning that his site was the seventh most visited site on the net, with more than seven billion page views per month. Craig Newmark started Craigslist in 1995 and now has a multimillion dollar company.

He was interviewed in this month’s issue of Success Magazine and I liked the manner in which he summed up his company,

“We’re flawed, we have the occasional lapse, but we try really hard.”

I like that approach to business and I feel it describes my own attempts here with my odd family, different than most due to the size and the amount of issues contained therein.

I’m flawed also, more now than when I first started years ago as kids will do that to you. I have an occasional lapse either in judgment or my reaction or response to something, but I really do try hard.

In this same magazine by my nightstand I also read about Randy Wilhelm, CEO and Cofounder of Thinkronize, who stated,

“Personal growth is not measured by how many times you fall down, but by how you chose to get back up.”

Lord knows I’ve stumbled, tripped and slid across the rooms of life as I’ve struggled to try and do the right thing for my children at all times and sometimes against many odds. Making mistakes also is an important part of learning. Albert Einstein claims,

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

The President and CEO of Appriver, Michael Murdoch, advised,

“Never give up. We all have struggles and battles along the way, but if you keep at it long enough and if you do something you enjoy, you’ll make it.”

This I truly believe, if not then why would I bother to get up tomorrow?

I’m tired tonight, I’m tired every night when the sun goes down and I try and get everyone headed to bed. This past week has had some uphill skirmishes regarding my 12 year old, severely disturbed, violent son and I’ve also been blessed by a new granddaughter. My life is like that, very different ends of the spectrum at times, wildly difficult and amazingly beautiful, so much so that I remain unbalanced, constantly ready to do battle but also loving my family deeply. Always walking a tightrope, pumping my deflated self back up, planning for each day, and gearing up for the next crusade to get services, help and resources my for very needy children.

Writing like this helps me cope and examine my steps; it focuses and calms me as well. That I also get feedback, opinions and ideas from others is such a welcome bonus for me and I’m so grateful to the other bloggers and commenters that respond.