It can be too easy to look only on the dark side or only on the bright side; focus only on the good or the bad. So often we get lost in the everyday struggle of tantrums and schoolwork and dinners and bedtimes and budgets, and it can be difficult to struggle out from under the everyday. But straying too much to either side leaves a lot unsaid. So, what do we do? Here’s one idea: I’m going to vent first and then I’ll bring it back around to encouragement.